DMDirc-Client/src/com/dmdirc/LauncherUtils.java

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package com.dmdirc;

import com.dmdirc.commandline.BaseDirectoryLocator;
import com.dmdirc.commandline.CommandLineParser;
import com.dmdirc.updater.Version;

/**
 * Utility class to help launcher interface with client.
 */
public class LauncherUtils {

    /**
     * Retrieves the config directory from the CLI arguments.
     *
     * @param args CLI arguments
     *
     * @return Returns the config directory to use
     */
    public static String getDirectory(final String... args) {
        final CommandLineParser cliParser = new CommandLineParser(null, null, null);
        final BaseDirectoryLocator locator = new BaseDirectoryLocator();
        cliParser.parse(args);
        final String configDirectory = cliParser.getConfigDirectory();
        return configDirectory == null ? locator.getDefaultBaseDirectory() : configDirectory;
    }

    /**
     * Compares the first version to the second version to check which is newer.
     *
     * @param version1 First version to compare
     * @param version2 Second version to compare
     *
     * @return negative if older, 0 is equal, positive if newer.
     */
    public static int getIsNewer(final String version1, final String version2) {
        final Version versionOne = new Version(version1);
        final Version versionTwo = new Version(version2);
        return versionOne.compareTo(versionTwo);
    }

}