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1   package org.eclipse.aether.collection;
2   
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21  
22  import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
23  
24  /**
25   * Applies dependency management to the dependencies of a dependency node.
26   * <p>
27   * <strong>Note:</strong> Implementations must be stateless.
28   * <p>
29   * <em>Warning:</em> This hook is called from a hot spot and therefore implementations should pay attention to
30   * performance. Among others, implementations should provide a semantic {@link Object#equals(Object) equals()} method.
31   * 
32   * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession#getDependencyManager()
33   * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem#collectDependencies(org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession,
34   *      CollectRequest)
35   */
36  public interface DependencyManager
37  {
38  
39      /**
40       * Applies dependency management to the specified dependency.
41       * 
42       * @param dependency The dependency to manage, must not be {@code null}.
43       * @return The management update to apply to the dependency or {@code null} if the dependency is not managed at all.
44       */
45      DependencyManagement manageDependency( Dependency dependency );
46  
47      /**
48       * Derives a dependency manager for the specified collection context. When calculating the child manager,
49       * implementors are strongly advised to simply return the current instance if nothing changed to help save memory.
50       * 
51       * @param context The dependency collection context, must not be {@code null}.
52       * @return The dependency manager for the dependencies of the target node or {@code null} if dependency management
53       *         should no longer be applied.
54       */
55      DependencyManager deriveChildManager( DependencyCollectionContext context );
56  
57  }