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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013 Sonatype, Inc.
+ * 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:
+ * Sonatype, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.aether.graph;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.version.Version;
+import org.eclipse.aether.version.VersionConstraint;
+
+/**
+ * A node within a dependency graph. To conserve memory, dependency graphs may reuse a given node instance multiple
+ * times to represent reoccurring dependencies. As such clients traversing a dependency graph should be prepared to
+ * discover multiple paths leading to the same node instance unless the input graph is known to be a duplicate-free
+ * tree. <em>Note:</em> Unless otherwise noted, implementation classes are not thread-safe and dependency nodes should
+ * not be mutated by concurrent threads.
+ *
+ * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
+ * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
+ */
+public interface DependencyNode
+{
+
+ /**
+ * A bit flag indicating the dependency version was subject to dependency management
+ *
+ * @see #getManagedBits()
+ */
+ int MANAGED_VERSION = 0x01;
+
+ /**
+ * A bit flag indicating the dependency scope was subject to dependency management
+ *
+ * @see #getManagedBits()
+ */
+ int MANAGED_SCOPE = 0x02;
+
+ /**
+ * A bit flag indicating the optional flag was subject to dependency management
+ *
+ * @see #getManagedBits()
+ */
+ int MANAGED_OPTIONAL = 0x04;
+
+ /**
+ * A bit flag indicating the artifact properties were subject to dependency management
+ *
+ * @see #getManagedBits()
+ */
+ int MANAGED_PROPERTIES = 0x08;
+
+ /**
+ * A bit flag indicating the exclusions were subject to dependency management
+ *
+ * @see #getManagedBits()
+ */
+ int MANAGED_EXCLUSIONS = 0x10;
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the child nodes of this node. To conserve memory, dependency nodes with equal dependencies may share the
+ * same child list instance. Hence clients mutating the child list need to be aware that these changes might affect
+ * more than this node. Where this is not desired, the child list should be copied before mutation if the client
+ * cannot be sure whether it might be shared with other nodes in the graph.
+ *
+ * @return The child nodes of this node, never {@code null}.
+ */
+ List<DependencyNode> getChildren();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the child nodes of this node.
+ *
+ * @param children The child nodes, may be {@code null}
+ */
+ void setChildren( List<DependencyNode> children );
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the dependency associated with this node. <em>Note:</em> For dependency graphs that have been constructed
+ * without a root dependency, this method will yield {@code null} when invoked on the graph's root node. The root
+ * node of such graphs may however still have a label as returned by {@link #getArtifact()}.
+ *
+ * @return The dependency or {@code null} if none.
+ */
+ Dependency getDependency();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the artifact associated with this node. If this node is associated with a dependency, this is equivalent to
+ * {@code getDependency().getArtifact()}. Otherwise the artifact merely provides a label for this node in which case
+ * the artifact must not be subjected to dependency collection/resolution.
+ *
+ * @return The associated artifact or {@code null} if none.
+ */
+ Artifact getArtifact();
+
+ /**
+ * Updates the artifact of the dependency after resolution. The new artifact must have the same coordinates as the
+ * original artifact. This method may only be invoked if this node actually has a dependency, i.e. if
+ * {@link #getDependency()} is not null.
+ *
+ * @param artifact The artifact satisfying the dependency, must not be {@code null}.
+ */
+ void setArtifact( Artifact artifact );
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the sequence of relocations that was followed to resolve the artifact referenced by the dependency.
+ *
+ * @return The (read-only) sequence of relocations, never {@code null}.
+ */
+ List<? extends Artifact> getRelocations();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the known aliases for this dependency's artifact. An alias can be used to mark a patched rebuild of some
+ * other artifact as such, thereby allowing conflict resolution to consider the patched and the original artifact as
+ * a conflict.
+ *
+ * @return The (read-only) set of known aliases, never {@code null}.
+ */
+ Collection<? extends Artifact> getAliases();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the version constraint that was parsed from the dependency's version declaration.
+ *
+ * @return The version constraint for this node or {@code null}.
+ */
+ VersionConstraint getVersionConstraint();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the version that was selected for the dependency's target artifact.
+ *
+ * @return The parsed version or {@code null}.
+ */
+ Version getVersion();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the scope of the dependency. This method may only be invoked if this node actually has a dependency, i.e. if
+ * {@link #getDependency()} is not null.
+ *
+ * @param scope The scope, may be {@code null}.
+ */
+ void setScope( String scope );
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the optional flag of the dependency. This method may only be invoked if this node actually has a dependency,
+ * i.e. if {@link #getDependency()} is not null.
+ *
+ * @param optional The optional flag, may be {@code null}.
+ */
+ void setOptional( Boolean optional );
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a bit field indicating which attributes of this node were subject to dependency management.
+ *
+ * @return A bit field containing any of the bits {@link #MANAGED_VERSION}, {@link #MANAGED_SCOPE},
+ * {@link #MANAGED_OPTIONAL}, {@link #MANAGED_PROPERTIES} and {@link #MANAGED_EXCLUSIONS} if the
+ * corresponding attribute was set via dependency management.
+ */
+ int getManagedBits();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the remote repositories from which this node's artifact shall be resolved.
+ *
+ * @return The (read-only) list of remote repositories to use for artifact resolution, never {@code null}.
+ */
+ List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the request context in which this dependency node was created.
+ *
+ * @return The request context, never {@code null}.
+ */
+ String getRequestContext();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the request context in which this dependency node was created.
+ *
+ * @param context The context, may be {@code null}.
+ */
+ void setRequestContext( String context );
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the custom data associated with this dependency node. Clients of the repository system can use this data to
+ * annotate dependency nodes with domain-specific information. Note that the returned map is read-only and
+ * {@link #setData(Object, Object)} needs to be used to update the custom data.
+ *
+ * @return The (read-only) key-value mappings, never {@code null}.
+ */
+ Map<?, ?> getData();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the custom data associated with this dependency node.
+ *
+ * @param data The new custom data, may be {@code null}.
+ */
+ void setData( Map<Object, Object> data );
+
+ /**
+ * Associates the specified dependency node data with the given key. <em>Note:</em> This method must not be called
+ * while {@link #getData()} is being iterated.
+ *
+ * @param key The key under which to store the data, must not be {@code null}.
+ * @param value The data to associate with the key, may be {@code null} to remove the mapping.
+ */
+ void setData( Object key, Object value );
+
+ /**
+ * Traverses this node and potentially its children using the specified visitor.
+ *
+ * @param visitor The visitor to call back, must not be {@code null}.
+ * @return {@code true} to visit siblings nodes of this node as well, {@code false} to skip siblings.
+ */
+ boolean accept( DependencyVisitor visitor );
+
+}