Update.java

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package edu.isi.pegasus.planner.namespace.aggregator;


/**
 * An implementation of the Aggregator interface that always takes the
 * new profile value. Updates the old value with the new value.
 *
 * @author Karan Vahi
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class Update extends Abstract{

    /**
     * Returns the minimum of two values.
     *
     * @param oldValue   the existing value for the profile.
     * @param newValue   the new value being added to the profile.
     * @param dflt       the default value to be used in case the values
     *                   are not of the correct type.
     *
     * @return the computed value as a String.
     */
    public String compute( String oldValue, String newValue, String dflt  ){
        //always return the new value. no sanity checks
        return newValue;
    }
}