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1   package org.apache.maven.archetype.source;
2   
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21  
22  import org.apache.maven.archetype.catalog.Archetype;
23  import org.apache.maven.archetype.catalog.ArchetypeCatalog;
24  import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
25  
26  /**
27   * Sources we can get Archetypes from. This may be the local registry, a Wiki, or,
28   * a Maven Repository application. We might also want to get all the Archetypes based
29   * on some predetermined criteria and that could be anything given the source. A simple
30   * use-case might be to grab all Archetypes for a particular groupId, or Archetypes for
31   * webapps, or who knows what.
32   *
33   * @author Jason van Zyl
34   */
35  public interface ArchetypeDataSource
36  {
37      String ARCHETYPE_CATALOG_FILENAME = "archetype-catalog.xml";
38  
39      ArchetypeCatalog getArchetypeCatalog( ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest )
40          throws ArchetypeDataSourceException;
41  
42      void updateCatalog( ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest, Archetype archetype )
43          throws ArchetypeDataSourceException;
44  }