maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/metadata/GraphConflictResolver.java

package org.apache.maven.repository.metadata;

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import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactScopeEnum;

/**
 * Resolves conflicts in the supplied dependency graph.
 * Different implementations will implement different conflict resolution policies.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@codehaus.org">Oleg Gusakov</a>
 */
public interface GraphConflictResolver
{
    String ROLE = GraphConflictResolver.class.getName();

    /**
     * Cleanses the supplied graph by leaving only one directed versioned edge\
     * between any two nodes, if multiple exists. Uses scope relationships, defined
     * in <code>ArtifactScopeEnum</code>
     *
     * @param graph the "dirty" graph to be simplified via conflict resolution
     * @param scope scope for which the graph should be resolved
     *
     * @return resulting "clean" graph for the specified scope
     *
     * @since 3.0
     */
    MetadataGraph resolveConflicts( MetadataGraph graph, ArtifactScopeEnum scope )
        throws GraphConflictResolutionException;
}