package org.apache.archiva.redback.components.taskqueue;

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import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:trygvis@inamo.no">Trygve Laugst&oslash;l</a>
 *
 */
public interface TaskViabilityEvaluator<T extends Task>
{

    /**
     * @param tasks The tasks to evaluate
     * @return Returns a list of tasks to remove from the queue.
     * @throws TaskQueueException
     */
    Collection<Task> evaluate( Collection<T> tasks )
        throws TaskQueueException;
}