Method handleMatches

src/main/java/groovy/lang/MetaClassImpl.java:3629–3641

Updates the current best-match set using the supplied distance metric. @param matchesDistance the best distance seen so far @param matches the current best candidates @param method the candidate method @param dist the candidate distance @return the updated best distance

(long matchesDistance, LinkedList matches, Object method, long dist)

     * @return the updated best distance
     */
    protected static long handleMatches(long matchesDistance, LinkedList matches, Object method, long dist) {
        if (matches.isEmpty()) {
            matches.add(method);
            matchesDistance = dist;
        } else if (dist < matchesDistance) {
            matchesDistance = dist;
            matches.clear();
            matches.add(method);
        } else if (dist == matchesDistance) {
            matches.add(method);
        }
        return matchesDistance;
    }

    /**
     * Complete the initialisation process. After this method