A Java library which is used to check for updates (newer versions) of a software hosted on sites like GitHub or SourceForge.
The library comes with a few simple Providers, own Providers might be created by the user, too.
The library also offers two ways of checking if there is a newer version of the software available:
- By using a "Date"-Object
- By using the librarys "Version"-Object
Both those ways are documented in the Wiki of this project. There are also Wiki-entry's for the standard Providers.
A little tutorial on how to create own Providers might also be found in the Wiki.
This library uses JSON-java by Douglas Crockford to parse JSON-Strings.
The library ships with SourceCode and Documentation only!
The provided Ant-buildscript can be used to create a .jar-file for easy integration
in your Java projects.
Those are things which might or might not be implemented in the near/not so near future:
- A "Google Code"-Provider
- Some standard Providers for reading XML or CSV-files.
- Provider for "CodePlex" and "Bitbucket"
First release of the library.