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19  package org.eclipse.aether.collection;
20  
21  import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
22  
23  /**
24   * Decides whether the dependencies of a dependency node should be traversed as well.
25   * <p>
26   * <strong>Note:</strong> Implementations must be stateless.
27   * <p>
28   * <em>Warning:</em> This hook is called from a hot spot and therefore implementations should pay attention to
29   * performance. Among others, implementations should provide a semantic {@link Object#equals(Object) equals()} method.
30   *
31   * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession#getDependencyTraverser()
32   * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem#collectDependencies(org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession,
33   *      CollectRequest)
34   */
35  public interface DependencyTraverser {
36  
37      /**
38       * Decides whether the dependencies of the specified dependency should be traversed.
39       *
40       * @param dependency The dependency to check, must not be {@code null}.
41       * @return {@code true} if the dependency graph builder should recurse into the specified dependency and process its
42       *         dependencies, {@code false} otherwise.
43       */
44      boolean traverseDependency(Dependency dependency);
45  
46      /**
47       * Derives a dependency traverser that will be used to decide whether the transitive dependencies of the dependency
48       * given in the collection context shall be traversed. When calculating the child traverser, implementors are
49       * strongly advised to simply return the current instance if nothing changed to help save memory.
50       *
51       * @param context The dependency collection context, must not be {@code null}.
52       * @return The dependency traverser for the target node or {@code null} if dependencies should be unconditionally
53       *         traversed in the sub graph.
54       */
55      DependencyTraverser deriveChildTraverser(DependencyCollectionContext context);
56  }