package org.apache.maven.archetype.source;

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 import org.apache.maven.archetype.catalog.Archetype;

 import org.apache.maven.archetype.catalog.ArchetypeCatalog;

 import java.util.Properties;

 /**

  * Sources we can get Archetypes from. This may be the local registry, a Wiki, or,

  * a Maven Repository application. We might also want to get all the Archetypes based

  * on some predetermined criteria and that could be anything given the source. A simple

  * use-case might be to grab all Archetypes for a particular groupId, or Archetypes for

  * webapps, or who knows what.

  *

  * @author Jason van Zyl

  */

 public interface ArchetypeDataSource

 {

     String ROLE = ArchetypeDataSource.class.getName();

     ArchetypeCatalog getArchetypeCatalog( Properties properties )

         throws ArchetypeDataSourceException;

     void updateCatalog( Properties properties, Archetype archetype )

         throws ArchetypeDataSourceException;

 }