From a493832213a9a03119973a82c0aeaa0edf5cf26a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sleet01 <sleet01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:07:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Breadcrumb for later devs if they wish to move the non-VTL
 availability date

---
 .../src/megameklab/ui/util/AbstractEquipmentDatabaseView.java  | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/megameklab/src/megameklab/ui/util/AbstractEquipmentDatabaseView.java b/megameklab/src/megameklab/ui/util/AbstractEquipmentDatabaseView.java
index da560038d..f63973bf8 100644
--- a/megameklab/src/megameklab/ui/util/AbstractEquipmentDatabaseView.java
+++ b/megameklab/src/megameklab/ui/util/AbstractEquipmentDatabaseView.java
@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ private void setupRowFilter() {
             public boolean include(Entry<? extends EquipmentTableModel, ? extends Integer> entry) {
                 EquipmentTableModel equipModel = entry.getModel();
                 EquipmentType etype = equipModel.getType(entry.getIdentifier());
+                // Note: append `&& eSource.getTechManager().getGameYear() >= etype.getProductionDate()`
+                // or `etype.getCommonDate()` in case we wish to change the availability start year from
+                // the prototype/introduction date to something later.
                 return shouldShow(etype);
             }
         };