IBuildContext.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2015
 * Software Technology Group, Dresden University of Technology
 * DevBoost GmbH, Dresden, Amtsgericht Dresden, HRB 34001
 * 
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *   Software Technology Group - TU Dresden, Germany;
 *   DevBoost GmbH - Dresden, Germany
 *      - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package de.devboost.buildboost.model;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * The IBuildContext collects information during the build and provides access to this information to all components
 * that are involved in this process.
 */
public interface IBuildContext {

	/**
	 * Returns an unmodifiable collection containing the artifacts discovered so far.
	 */
	public Collection<IArtifact> getDiscoveredArtifacts();

	/**
	 * Removes the given collection of artifacts from the set of discovered artifacts.
	 */
	public void removeDiscoveredArtifacts(Collection<IArtifact> artifactsToRemove);

	/**
	 * Adds the given collection of artifacts to the set of discovered artifacts.
	 */
	public void addDiscoveredArtifacts(Collection<IArtifact> artifactsToAdd);

	/**
	 * Returns the listener for the current build. The listener can be used to send status messages about the build
	 * process.
	 */
	public IBuildListener getBuildListener();

	public boolean ignoreUnresolvedDependencies();

	public List<IBuildParticipant> getBuildParticipants();

	public void addBuildParticipant(IBuildParticipant participant);
}