package org.apache.maven.shared.artifact.filter.collection;

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import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:brianf@apache.org">Brian Fox</a>
 */
public interface ArtifactsFilter
{
    /**
     * @param artifacts {@link Artifact}
     * @return Set of artifacts.
     * @throws ArtifactFilterException in case of a failure.
     */
    Set<Artifact> filter( Set<Artifact> artifacts )
        throws ArtifactFilterException;

    /**
     * @param artifact {@link Artifact}
     * @return {@code true} if artifact is included {@code false} otherwise.
     * @throws ArtifactFilterException in case of a failure.
     */
    boolean isArtifactIncluded( Artifact artifact )
        throws ArtifactFilterException;
}