1 package org.apache.maven.search;
2
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21
22 import java.io.IOException;
23
24 /**
25 * A search engine to perform searches trough configured repository indexes.
26 */
27 public interface SearchEngine
28 {
29 /**
30 * Performs a search with given {@link SearchRequest} and returns {@link SearchResponse}, never {@code null}.
31 */
32 SearchResponse search( SearchRequest searchRequest ) throws IOException;
33 }