src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/exec/CheckstyleExecutor.java

package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec;

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import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.CheckstyleException;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configuration;

/**
 * @author Olivier Lamy
 * @since 2.5
 *
 */
public interface CheckstyleExecutor
{

    /**
     * @param request {@link CheckstyleExecutorRequest}
     * @return {@link CheckstyleResults}
     * @throws CheckstyleExecutorException in case of an error during plugin execution.
     * @throws CheckstyleException in case of an error raised by Checkstyle.
     */
    CheckstyleResults executeCheckstyle( CheckstyleExecutorRequest request )
        throws CheckstyleExecutorException, CheckstyleException;

    Configuration getConfiguration( CheckstyleExecutorRequest request )
        throws CheckstyleExecutorException;
}