maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ProjectBuildingResult.java

package org.apache.maven.project;

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import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblem;

/**
 * Collects the output of the project builder.
 *
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
public interface ProjectBuildingResult
{

    /**
     * Gets the identifier of the project that could not be built. The general format of the identifier is {@code
     * <groupId>:<artifactId>:<version>} but some of these coordinates may still be unknown at the point the exception
     * is thrown so this information is merely meant to assist the user.
     *
     * @return The identifier of the project or an empty string if not known, never {@code null}.
     */
    String getProjectId();

    /**
     * Gets the POM file from which the project was built.
     *
     * @return The POM file or {@code null} if unknown.
     */
    File getPomFile();

    /**
     * Gets the project that was built.
     *
     * @return The project that was built or {@code null} if an error occurred and this result accompanies a
     *         {@link ProjectBuildingException}.
     */
    MavenProject getProject();

    /**
     * Gets the problems that were encountered during the project building.
     *
     * @return The problems that were encountered during the project building, can be empty but never {@code null}.
     */
    List<ModelProblem> getProblems();

    /**
     * Gets the result of the dependency resolution for the project.
     *
     * @return The result of the dependency resolution for the project or {@code null} if the project dependencies were
     *         not requested.
     */
    DependencyResolutionResult getDependencyResolutionResult();

}