maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/ModelBuilder.java

package org.apache.maven.model.building;

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import java.io.File;

import org.apache.maven.model.Model;

/**
 * Builds the effective model from a POM.
 *
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
public interface ModelBuilder
{

    /**
     * Builds the effective model of the specified POM.
     *
     * @param request The model building request that holds the parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the model building, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ModelBuildingException If the effective model could not be built.
     */
    ModelBuildingResult build( ModelBuildingRequest request )
        throws ModelBuildingException;

    /**
     * Builds the effective model by completing the specified interim result which was produced by a previous call to
     * {@link #build(ModelBuildingRequest)} with {@link ModelBuildingRequest#isTwoPhaseBuilding()} being {@code true}.
     * The model building request passed to this method must be the same as the one used for the first phase of the
     * model building.
     *
     * @param request The model building request that holds the parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param result The interim result of the first phase of model building, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the model building, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ModelBuildingException If the effective model could not be built.
     */
    ModelBuildingResult build( ModelBuildingRequest request, ModelBuildingResult result )
        throws ModelBuildingException;

    /**
     * Performs only the part of {@link ModelBuilder#build(ModelBuildingRequest)} that loads the raw model
     */
    Result<? extends Model> buildRawModel( File pomFile, int validationLevel, boolean locationTracking );

    TransformerContextBuilder newTransformerContextBuilder();

}