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package org.apache.felix.ipojo.manipulator.metadata;

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

import org.apache.felix.ipojo.manipulator.MetadataProvider;
import org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element;

/**
 * A {@code EmptyMetadataProvider} simply returns an empty list of Element.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
 */
public class EmptyMetadataProvider implements MetadataProvider {

    public List<Element> getMetadatas() throws IOException {
        // Do not use Collections.emptyList() as the manipulator
        // adds discovered components in this list
        // TODO maybe the manipulator can have it's own list add we simply addAll() ?
        return new ArrayList<Element>();
    }
}