001    package org.apache.maven.project;
002    
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021    
022    import java.io.File;
023    import java.util.List;
024    
025    import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
026    import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelSource;
027    
028    /**
029     * Builds in-memory descriptions of projects.
030     */
031    public interface ProjectBuilder
032    {
033    
034        /**
035         * Builds a project descriptor from the specified POM file.
036         * 
037         * @param projectFile The POM file to build the project from, must not be {@code null}.
038         * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
039         * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
040         * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
041         */
042        ProjectBuildingResult build( File projectFile, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
043            throws ProjectBuildingException;
044    
045        /**
046         * Builds a project descriptor for the specified artifact.
047         * 
048         * @param projectArtifact The POM artifact to build the project from, must not be {@code null}.
049         * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
050         * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
051         * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
052         */
053        ProjectBuildingResult build( Artifact projectArtifact, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
054            throws ProjectBuildingException;
055    
056        /**
057         * Builds a project descriptor for the specified artifact.
058         * 
059         * @param projectArtifact The POM artifact to build the project from, must not be {@code null}.
060         * @param allowStubModel A flag controlling the case of a missing POM artifact. If {@code true} and the specified
061         *            POM artifact does not exist, a simple stub model will be returned. If {@code false}, an exception will
062         *            be thrown.
063         * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
064         * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
065         * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
066         */
067        ProjectBuildingResult build( Artifact projectArtifact, boolean allowStubModel, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
068            throws ProjectBuildingException;
069    
070        /**
071         * Builds a project descriptor for the specified model source.
072         * 
073         * @param modelSource The source of the model to built the project descriptor from, must not be {@code null}.
074         * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
075         * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
076         * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
077         */
078        ProjectBuildingResult build( ModelSource modelSource, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
079            throws ProjectBuildingException;
080    
081        /**
082         * Builds the projects for the specified POM files and optionally their children.
083         * 
084         * @param pomFiles The POM files to build, must not be {@code null}.
085         * @param recursive {@code true} to recursively build sub modules referenced by the POM files, {@code false} to
086         *            build only the specified POM files.
087         * @param request The project builder configuration that provides further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
088         * @return The results of the project builder where each result corresponds to one project that was built, never
089         *         {@code null}.
090         * @throws ProjectBuildingException If an error was encountered during building of any project.
091         *             {@link ProjectBuildingException#getResults()} provides access to the details of the problems.
092         */
093        List<ProjectBuildingResult> build( List<File> pomFiles, boolean recursive, ProjectBuildingRequest request )
094            throws ProjectBuildingException;
095    
096    }