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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   * Decides what dependencies to include in the dependency graph.
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#getDependencySelector()
33   * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem#collectDependencies(org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession,
34   *      CollectRequest)
35   */
36  public interface DependencySelector
37  {
38  
39      /**
40       * Decides whether the specified dependency should be included in the dependency graph.
41       * 
42       * @param dependency The dependency to check, must not be {@code null}.
43       * @return {@code false} if the dependency should be excluded from the children of the current node, {@code true}
44       *         otherwise.
45       */
46      boolean selectDependency( Dependency dependency );
47  
48      /**
49       * Derives a dependency selector for the specified collection context. When calculating the child selector,
50       * implementors are strongly advised to simply return the current instance if nothing changed to help save memory.
51       * 
52       * @param context The dependency collection context, must not be {@code null}.
53       * @return The dependency selector for the target node or {@code null} if dependencies should be unconditionally
54       *         included in the sub graph.
55       */
56      DependencySelector deriveChildSelector( DependencyCollectionContext context );
57  
58  }