maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/collector/ProjectsSelector.java

package org.apache.maven.project.collector;

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import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequest;
import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException;

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

/**
 * Facade to select projects for a given set of pom.xml files.
 */
public interface ProjectsSelector
{
    /**
     * Select Maven projects from a list of POM files.
     * @param files List of POM files.
     * @param request The {@link MavenExecutionRequest}
     * @return A list of projects that have been found in the specified POM files.
     * @throws ProjectBuildingException In case the POMs are not used.
     */
    List<MavenProject> selectProjects( List<File> files, MavenExecutionRequest request )
            throws ProjectBuildingException;
}