| package org.apache.maven.model.inheritance; |
| |
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| |
| import org.apache.maven.model.Model; |
| import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest; |
| import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector; |
| |
| /** |
| * Handles inheritance of model values. |
| * |
| * @author Benjamin Bentmann |
| */ |
| public interface InheritanceAssembler |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Merges values from the specified parent model into the given child model. Implementations are expected to keep |
| * parent and child completely decoupled by injecting deep copies of objects into the child rather than the original |
| * objects from the parent. |
| * |
| * @param child The child model into which to merge the values inherited from the parent, must not be |
| * <code>null</code>. |
| * @param parent The (read-only) parent model from which to inherit the values, may be <code>null</code>. |
| * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}. |
| * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}. |
| */ |
| void assembleModelInheritance( Model child, Model parent, ModelBuildingRequest request, |
| ModelProblemCollector problems ); |
| |
| } |