package org.jboss.seam.deployment;
import java.io.File;
/**
* The Scanner is used to find resources to be processed by Seam
*
* The processing is done by {@link DeploymentHandler}s
*
* @author Pete Muir
*
*/
public interface Scanner
{
/**
* Recursively scan directories, skipping directories in the exclusion list.
*
* @param directories An array of the roots of the directory trees to scan
*/
public void scanDirectories(File[] directories);
/**
* Recursively scan directories, skipping directories in the exclusion list.
*
* @param directories An array of the roots of the directory trees to scan
* @param excludedDirectories Directories to skip over during the recursive scan
*/
public void scanDirectories(File[] directories, File[] excludedDirectories);
/**
* Scan for structures which contain any of the given resources in their root
*
* @param resources The resources to scan for
*/
public void scanResources(String[] resources);
/**
* Get the deployment strategy this scanner is used by
*/
public DeploymentStrategy getDeploymentStrategy();
public long getTimestamp();
}