package org.apache.maven.archetype.ui.generation;

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 import org.apache.maven.archetype.ArchetypeGenerationRequest;

 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.ArchetypeNotDefined;

 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.ArchetypeSelectionFailure;

 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.UnknownArchetype;

 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.UnknownGroup;

 import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;

 import java.io.IOException;

 /**

  * Selection component to organize steps to choose an archetype.

  */

 //TODO: We should need any remote repositories here, we should simply be doing selection, any remote catalogs

 //      should be validating correctness, and if it so happens we get a crap entry then the generation mechanism

 //      should take care of reporting the error. The selector should not be downloading anything.

 public interface ArchetypeSelector

 {

     String ROLE = ArchetypeSelector.class.getName();

     void selectArchetype( ArchetypeGenerationRequest request, Boolean interactiveMode, String catalogs )

         throws ArchetypeNotDefined, UnknownArchetype, UnknownGroup, IOException, PrompterException,

         ArchetypeSelectionFailure;

 }