1 package org.apache.maven.archetype.ui.generation;
2
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21
22 import org.apache.maven.archetype.ArchetypeGenerationRequest;
23 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.ArchetypeNotDefined;
24 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.ArchetypeSelectionFailure;
25 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.UnknownArchetype;
26 import org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.UnknownGroup;
27 import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
28
29 import java.io.IOException;
30
31 /**
32 * Selection component to organize steps to choose an archetype.
33 */
34 //TODO: We should need any remote repositories here, we should simply be doing selection, any remote catalogs
35 // should be validating correctness, and if it so happens we get a crap entry then the generation mechanism
36 // should take care of reporting the error. The selector should not be downloading anything.
37 public interface ArchetypeSelector
38 {
39 String ROLE = ArchetypeSelector.class.getName();
40
41 void selectArchetype( ArchetypeGenerationRequest request, Boolean interactiveMode, String catalogs )
42 throws ArchetypeNotDefined, UnknownArchetype, UnknownGroup, IOException, PrompterException,
43 ArchetypeSelectionFailure;
44 }