Package ch.grengine.sources

Interface Sources

All Known Implementing Classes:
BaseSources, CompositeSources, DirBasedSources, FixedSetSources
public interface Sources
Interface for a set of Source that can change with time.

A typical example is a directory that contains Groovy scripts which can be modified, deleted and created. (This use case is implemented by DirBasedSources.)

Since:
1.0
Author:
Alain Stalder, Made in Switzerland.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    CompilerFactory
    getCompilerFactory()
    gets the compiler factory that should be used to compile the sources.
    long
    getLastModified()
    updates the source set, if necessary, and returns the last modified of when last found changed.
    String
    getName()
    gets the name of the sources.
    Set<Source>
    getSourceSet()
    updates the source set, if necessary, and returns it.
    String
    toString()
    returns a string suitable for logging.

  • Method Details

    • getSourceSet

      Set<Source> getSourceSet()
      updates the source set, if necessary, and returns it.
      Returns:
      source set
      Since:
      1.0

    • getLastModified

      long getLastModified()
      updates the source set, if necessary, and returns the last modified of when last found changed.

      You should not rely on this number to increase monotonically or even to represent an actual date and time, but instead consider the sources changed each time this method returns a different value.

      Returns:
      last modified
      Since:
      1.0

    • getName

      String getName()
      gets the name of the sources.
      Returns:
      name of the sources
      Since:
      1.0

    • getCompilerFactory

      CompilerFactory getCompilerFactory()
      gets the compiler factory that should be used to compile the sources.
      Returns:
      compiler factory
      Since:
      1.0

    • toString

      String toString()
      returns a string suitable for logging.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      a string suitable for logging
      Since:
      1.0