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19 package org.apache.maven.archetype.ui.generation;
20
21 import java.io.IOException;
22
23 import org.apache.maven.archetype.ArchetypeGenerationRequest;
24 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.ArchetypeNotDefined;
25 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.ArchetypeSelectionFailure;
26 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.UnknownArchetype;
27 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.UnknownGroup;
28 import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
29
30 /**
31 * Selection component to organize steps to choose an archetype.
32 */
33 // TODO: We should need any remote repositories here, we should simply be doing selection, any remote catalogs
34 // should be validating correctness, and if it so happens we get a crap entry then the generation mechanism
35 // should take care of reporting the error. The selector should not be downloading anything.
36 public interface ArchetypeSelector {
37 String ROLE = ArchetypeSelector.class.getName();
38
39 void selectArchetype(ArchetypeGenerationRequest request, Boolean interactiveMode, String catalogs)
40 throws ArchetypeNotDefined, UnknownArchetype, UnknownGroup, IOException, PrompterException,
41 ArchetypeSelectionFailure;
42 }