maven-artifact-transfer/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/dependencies/resolve/DependencyResolver.java

package org.apache.maven.shared.dependencies.resolve;

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import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
import org.apache.maven.shared.artifact.filter.resolve.TransformableFilter;
import org.apache.maven.shared.artifact.resolve.ArtifactResult;
import org.apache.maven.shared.dependencies.DependableCoordinate;

/**
 * 
 */
public interface DependencyResolver
{
    /**
     * This will resolve the dependencies of the coordinate, not resolving the the artifact of the coordinate itself. 
     * If the coordinate needs to be resolved too, use
     * {@link #resolveDependencies(ProjectBuildingRequest, Collection, Collection, TransformableFilter)} passing
     * {@code Collections.singletonList(coordinate)}
     * 
     * @param buildingRequest {@link ProjectBuildingRequest}
     * @param coordinate {@link DependableCoordinate}
     * @param filter {@link TransformableFilter}
     * @return the resolved dependencies.
     * @throws DependencyResolverException in case of an error.
     */
    Iterable<ArtifactResult> resolveDependencies( ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest, 
                                                  DependableCoordinate coordinate,
                                                  TransformableFilter filter ) throws DependencyResolverException;
    
    Iterable<ArtifactResult> resolveDependencies( ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest, 
                                                  Model model,
                                                  TransformableFilter filter ) throws DependencyResolverException;

    /**
     * @param buildingRequest the project building request, never {@code null}
     * @param dependencies the dependencies to resolve, can be {@code null}
     * @param managedDependencies managed dependencies, can be {@code null}
     * @param filter a filter, can be {@code null}
     * @return the resolved dependencies.
     * @throws DependencyResolverException in case of an error.
     */
    Iterable<ArtifactResult> resolveDependencies( ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest,
                                                  Collection<Dependency> dependencies,
                                                  Collection<Dependency> managedDependencies,
                                                  TransformableFilter filter ) throws DependencyResolverException;
}