/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
* in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package org.codehaus.plexus.metadata;
import java.util.List;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentDescriptor;
/**
* An abstraction to allow pluggable {@link ComponentDescriptor} extraction to be dropped.
*
* @version $Id$
*/
public interface ComponentDescriptorExtractor
{
String ROLE = ComponentDescriptorExtractor.class.getName();
List<ComponentDescriptor<?>> extract( MetadataGenerationRequest configuration, ComponentDescriptor<?>[] roleDefaults )
throws Exception;
}