/*
 * FindBugs - Find Bugs in Java programs
 * Copyright (C) 2006, University of Maryland
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
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 */

package edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Build a classpath.
 * Takes a list of project codebases and
 * <ul>
 * <li>Scans them for nested and referenced codebases</li>
 * <li>Builds a list of application class descriptors</li>
 * <li>Adds system codebases</li>
 * </ul>
 * 
 * @author David Hovemeyer
 */
public interface IClassPathBuilder {
	/**
	 * Add a project codebase.
	 * 
	 * @param locator       locator for project codebase
	 * @param isApplication true if the codebase is an application codebase, false otherwise
	 */
	public void addCodeBase(ICodeBaseLocator locator, boolean isApplication);

	/**
	 * Set whether or not nested archives should be scanned.
	 * This should be called before the build() method is called.
	 * 
	 * @param scanNestedArchives true if nested archives should be scanned,
	 *                            false otherwise
	 */
	public void scanNestedArchives(boolean scanNestedArchives);

	/**
	 * Build the classpath.
	 * 
	 * @param classPath IClassPath object to build
	 * @param progress  IClassPathBuilderProgress callback
	 * @throws ResourceNotFoundException
	 * @throws IOException
	 * @throws InterruptedException
	 */
	public void build(IClassPath classPath, IClassPathBuilderProgress progress) throws CheckedAnalysisException, IOException, InterruptedException;

	/**
	 * Get the list of application classes discovered while scanning the classpath.
	 * 
	 * @return list of application classes
	 */
	public List<ClassDescriptor> getAppClassList();
}