src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/AssemblyArchiver.java

package org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.archive;

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import org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.AssemblerConfigurationSource;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.InvalidAssemblerConfigurationException;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.format.AssemblyFormattingException;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.model.Assembly;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Creates an archive
 *
 *
 */
public interface AssemblyArchiver
{
    String ROLE = AssemblyArchiver.class.getName();

    /**
     * Create the assembly archive. Generally:
     * <ol>
     * <li>Setup any directory structures for temporary files</li>
     * <li>Calculate the output directory/file for the assembly</li>
     * <li>Setup any handler components for special descriptor files we may encounter</li>
     * <li>Lookup and configure the {@link org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.Archiver} to be used</li>
     * <li>Determine what, if any, dependency resolution will be required, and resolve any dependency-version conflicts
     * up front to produce a managed-version map for the whole assembly process.</li>
     * <li>Iterate through the available {@link org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.archive.phase.AssemblyArchiverPhase}
     * instances, executing each to handle a different
     * top-level section of the assembly descriptor, if that section is present.</li>
     * </ol>
     *
     * @param assembly              The {@link Assembly}
     * @param fullName              The full name.
     * @param format                The format.
     * @param configSource          The {@link org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.AssemblerConfigurationSource}
     * @param recompressZippedFiles recompress zipped files.
     * @param mergeManifestMode     How to handle already existing Manifest files (skip, merge, mergewithoutmain)
     * @return The resulting archive file.
     * @throws ArchiveCreationException                                                 when creation fails
     * @throws org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.format.AssemblyFormattingException     when formatting fails
     * @throws org.apache.maven.plugins.assembly.InvalidAssemblerConfigurationException when the configurationis bad
     */
    File createArchive( Assembly assembly, String fullName, String format, AssemblerConfigurationSource configSource,
                        boolean recompressZippedFiles, String mergeManifestMode )
        throws ArchiveCreationException, AssemblyFormattingException, InvalidAssemblerConfigurationException;
}