package org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.graph;

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import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ArtifactFilter;
import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;

/**
 * Maven project dependency raw dependency collector API, providing an abstraction layer against Maven 3.1+
 * particular Aether implementations.
 * 
 * @author Gabriel Belingueres
 * @since 3.1.0
 */
public interface DependencyCollectorBuilder
{

    /**
     * collect the project's raw dependency graph, with information to allow the API client to reason on its own about
     * dependencies.
     * 
     * @param buildingRequest the request with the project to process its dependencies.
     * @param filter an artifact filter if not all dependencies are required (can be <code>null</code>)
     * @return the raw dependency tree
     * @throws DependencyCollectorBuilderException if some of the dependencies could not be collected.
     */
    DependencyNode collectDependencyGraph( ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest, ArtifactFilter filter )
        throws DependencyCollectorBuilderException;

}