/* * 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 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */ 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; }