org.argeo.slc.repo/src/org/eclipse/aether/collection/DependencyManager.java

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  11 package org.eclipse.aether.collection;
  12
  13 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
  14
  15 /**
  16  * Applies dependency management to the dependencies of a dependency node.
  17  * <p>
  18  * <strong>Note:</strong> Implementations must be stateless.
  19  * <p>
  20  * <em>Warning:</em> This hook is called from a hot spot and therefore implementations should pay attention to
  21  * performance. Among others, implementations should provide a semantic {@link Object#equals(Object) equals()} method.
  22  *
  23  * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession#getDependencyManager()
  24  * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem#collectDependencies(org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession,
  25  *      CollectRequest)
  26  */
  27 public interface DependencyManager
  28 {
  29
  30     /**
  31      * Applies dependency management to the specified dependency.
  32      *
  33      * @param dependency The dependency to manage, must not be {@code null}.
  34      * @return The management update to apply to the dependency or {@code null} if the dependency is not managed at all.
  35      */
  36     DependencyManagement manageDependency( Dependency dependency );
  37
  38     /**
  39      * Derives a dependency manager for the specified collection context. When calculating the child manager,
  40      * implementors are strongly advised to simply return the current instance if nothing changed to help save memory.
  41      *
  42      * @param context The dependency collection context, must not be {@code null}.
  43      * @return The dependency manager for the dependencies of the target node or {@code null} if dependency management
  44      *         should no longer be applied.
  45      */
  46     DependencyManager deriveChildManager( DependencyCollectionContext context );
  47
  48 }