1 package org.apache.maven.reporting; 2 3 /* 4 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 5 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 6 * distributed with this work for additional information 7 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 8 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 9 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 10 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 11 * 12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 13 * 14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 15 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 16 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 17 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 18 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 19 * under the License. 20 */ 21 22 import org.codehaus.doxia.sink.Sink; 23 24 import java.io.File; 25 import java.util.Locale; 26 27 /** 28 * The basis for a Maven report. 29 * 30 * @author Brett Porter 31 * @author <a href="evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a> 32 * @author <a href="mailto:vincent.siveton@gmail.com">Vincent Siveton</a> 33 * @version $Id: MavenReport.java 640549 2008-03-24 20:05:11Z bentmann $ 34 * @since 2.0 35 */ 36 public interface MavenReport 37 { 38 /** Plexus lookup name */ 39 String ROLE = MavenReport.class.getName(); 40 41 /** Category for project information reports */ 42 String CATEGORY_PROJECT_INFORMATION = "Project Info"; 43 44 /** Category for project reports */ 45 String CATEGORY_PROJECT_REPORTS = "Project Reports"; 46 47 /** 48 * Generate the report depending the wanted locale. 49 * <br/> 50 * Mainly used for external reports like javadoc. 51 * 52 * @param sink the sink to use for the generation. 53 * @param locale the wanted locale to generate the report, could be null. 54 * @throws MavenReportException if any 55 */ 56 void generate( Sink sink, Locale locale ) 57 throws MavenReportException; 58 59 /** 60 * @return the output name of this report. 61 */ 62 String getOutputName(); 63 64 /** 65 * Get the category name for this report. 66 * 67 * @return the category name of this report. Should be <code>CATEGORY_PROJECT_INFORMATION</code> 68 * or <code>CATEGORY_PROJECT_REPORTS</code> 69 * {@link #CATEGORY_PROJECT_INFORMATION} 70 * {@link #CATEGORY_PROJECT_REPORTS} 71 */ 72 String getCategoryName(); 73 74 /** 75 * @param locale the wanted locale to return the report's name, could be null. 76 * @return the name of this report. 77 */ 78 String getName( Locale locale ); 79 80 /** 81 * @param locale the wanted locale to return the report's description, could be null. 82 * @return the description of this report. 83 */ 84 String getDescription( Locale locale ); 85 86 /** 87 * Set a new output directory. Useful for staging. 88 * 89 * @param outputDirectory the new output directory 90 */ 91 void setReportOutputDirectory( File outputDirectory ); 92 93 /** 94 * @return the current report output directory. 95 */ 96 File getReportOutputDirectory(); 97 98 /** 99 * An external report is a report which calls a third party program which generates some reports too. 100 * A good example is javadoc tool. 101 * 102 * @return <tt>true</tt> if this report is external, <tt>false</tt> otherwise. 103 * Default should <tt>false</tt>. 104 */ 105 boolean isExternalReport(); 106 107 /** 108 * Verify some conditions before generate the report. 109 * 110 * @return <tt>true</tt> if this report could be generated, <tt>false</tt> otherwise. 111 * Default should <tt>true</tt>. 112 */ 113 boolean canGenerateReport(); 114 }