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1   package org.eclipse.aether.impl;
2   
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21  
22  import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
23  import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
24  import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
25  import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectResult;
26  import org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencyCollectionException;
27  
28  /**
29   * Given a collection of direct dependencies, recursively gathers their transitive dependencies and calculates the
30   * dependency graph.
31   * 
32   * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
33   * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
34   * @provisional This type is provisional and can be changed, moved or removed without prior notice.
35   */
36  public interface DependencyCollector
37  {
38  
39      /**
40       * Collects the transitive dependencies of some artifacts and builds a dependency graph. Note that this operation is
41       * only concerned about determining the coordinates of the transitive dependencies and does not actually resolve the
42       * artifact files. The supplied session carries various hooks to customize the dependency graph that must be invoked
43       * throughout the operation.
44       * 
45       * @param session The repository session, must not be {@code null}.
46       * @param request The collection request, must not be {@code null}.
47       * @return The collection result, never {@code null}.
48       * @throws DependencyCollectionException If the dependency tree could not be built.
49       * @see RepositorySystemSession#getDependencyTraverser()
50       * @see RepositorySystemSession#getDependencyManager()
51       * @see RepositorySystemSession#getDependencySelector()
52       * @see RepositorySystemSession#getVersionFilter()
53       * @see RepositorySystemSession#getDependencyGraphTransformer()
54       * @see RepositorySystem#collectDependencies(RepositorySystemSession, CollectRequest)
55       */
56      CollectResult collectDependencies( RepositorySystemSession session, CollectRequest request )
57          throws DependencyCollectionException;
58  
59  }