001package org.apache.maven.model.profile.activation;
002
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021
022import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
023import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;
024import org.apache.maven.model.profile.ProfileActivationContext;
025
026/**
027 * Determines whether a profile should be activated.
028 * 
029 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
030 */
031public interface ProfileActivator
032{
033
034    /**
035     * Determines whether the specified profile is active in the given activator context.
036     * 
037     * @param profile The profile whose activation status should be determined, must not be {@code null}.
038     * @param context The environmental context used to determine the activation status of the profile, must not be
039     *            {@code null}.
040     * @param problems The container used to collect problems (e.g. bad syntax) that were encountered, must not be
041     *            {@code null}.
042     * @return {@code true} if the profile is active, {@code false} otherwise.
043     */
044    boolean isActive( Profile profile, ProfileActivationContext context, ModelProblemCollector problems );
045
046}