ComponentDiscovererManager.java

package org.codehaus.plexus.component.discovery;

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import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * ComponentDiscovererManager is a simple index (registry) of ComponentDiscovers and ComponentDiscoveryListener.
 */
public interface ComponentDiscovererManager
{
    void addComponentDiscoverer( ComponentDiscoverer componentDiscoverer );

    List<ComponentDiscoverer> getComponentDiscoverers();

    // todo dain change this to Set<ComponentDiscoveryListener> (requires change to maven)
    Map<ComponentDiscoveryListener, Object> getComponentDiscoveryListeners();

    void registerComponentDiscoveryListener( ComponentDiscoveryListener listener);

    void removeComponentDiscoveryListener( ComponentDiscoveryListener listener );

    void fireComponentDiscoveryEvent( ComponentDiscoveryEvent event );
}