001package org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.conflict; 002 003/* 004 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 005 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 006 * distributed with this work for additional information 007 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 008 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 009 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 010 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 011 * 012 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 013 * 014 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 015 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 016 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 017 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 018 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 019 * under the License. 020 */ 021 022/** 023 * A factory that produces conflict resolvers of various types. 024 * 025 * @author <a href="mailto:markhobson@gmail.com">Mark Hobson</a> 026 * @see ConflictResolver 027 * @since 3.0 028 */ 029public interface ConflictResolverFactory 030{ 031 // constants -------------------------------------------------------------- 032 033 /** The plexus role for this component. */ 034 String ROLE = ConflictResolverFactory.class.getName(); 035 036 // methods ---------------------------------------------------------------- 037 038 /** 039 * Gets a conflict resolver of the specified type. 040 * 041 * @param type the type of conflict resolver to obtain 042 * @return the conflict resolver 043 * @throws ConflictResolverNotFoundException 044 * if the specified type was not found 045 */ 046 ConflictResolver getConflictResolver( String type ) 047 throws ConflictResolverNotFoundException; 048}