api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/plugin/LifecycleProvider.java

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package org.apache.maven.api.plugin;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Consumer;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.plugin.descriptor.lifecycle.Lifecycle;

/**
 * Interface that can be provided by the plugin to wire in custom lifecycles
 * leveraged using the {@link org.apache.maven.api.plugin.annotations.Execute}
 * annotation.  If a {@code META-INF/maven/lifecycle.xml} file is packaged
 * in the plugin, Maven will provide a default implementation that will parse
 * the file and return the contained lifecycle definitions.
 */
@Experimental
@Consumer
public interface LifecycleProvider {

    List<Lifecycle> getLifecycles();
}