ProjectBuilder.java

package org.apache.maven.project;

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import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelSource;

/**
 * Builds in-memory descriptions of projects.
 */
public interface ProjectBuilder
{

    /**
     * Builds a project descriptor from the specified POM file.
     * 
     * @param projectFile The POM file to build the project from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
     */
    ProjectBuildingResult build( File projectFile, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
        throws ProjectBuildingException;

    /**
     * Builds a project descriptor for the specified artifact.
     * 
     * @param projectArtifact The POM artifact to build the project from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
     */
    ProjectBuildingResult build( Artifact projectArtifact, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
        throws ProjectBuildingException;

    /**
     * Builds a project descriptor for the specified artifact.
     * 
     * @param projectArtifact The POM artifact to build the project from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param allowStubModel A flag controlling the case of a missing POM artifact. If {@code true} and the specified
     *            POM artifact does not exist, a simple stub model will be returned. If {@code false}, an exception will
     *            be thrown.
     * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
     */
    ProjectBuildingResult build( Artifact projectArtifact, boolean allowStubModel, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
        throws ProjectBuildingException;

    /**
     * Builds a project descriptor for the specified model source.
     * 
     * @param modelSource The source of the model to built the project descriptor from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
     */
    ProjectBuildingResult build( ModelSource modelSource, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
        throws ProjectBuildingException;

    /**
     * Builds the projects for the specified POM files and optionally their children.
     * 
     * @param pomFiles The POM files to build, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param recursive {@code true} to recursively build sub modules referenced by the POM files, {@code false} to
     *            build only the specified POM files.
     * @param request The project builder configuration that provides further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The results of the project builder where each result corresponds to one project that was built, never
     *         {@code null}.
     * @throws ProjectBuildingException If an error was encountered during building of any project.
     *             {@link ProjectBuildingException#getResults()} provides access to the details of the problems.
     */
    List<ProjectBuildingResult> build( List<File> pomFiles, boolean recursive, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
        throws ProjectBuildingException;

}