maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/MojoDescriptorExtractor.java

package org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor;

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import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.InvalidPluginDescriptorException;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.PluginToolsRequest;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author jdcasey
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface MojoDescriptorExtractor
{
    /** Plexus role for lookup */
    String ROLE = MojoDescriptorExtractor.class.getName();

    /**
     * Execute the mojo extraction.
     *
     * @param request The {@link PluginToolsRequest} containing information for the extraction process.
     * @return a list of mojo descriptors.
     * @throws ExtractionException if any
     * @throws InvalidPluginDescriptorException if any
     * @since 2.5
     */
    List<MojoDescriptor> execute( PluginToolsRequest request )
        throws ExtractionException, InvalidPluginDescriptorException;
}