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19 package org.apache.maven.model.building;
20
21 /**
22 * Describes a problem that was encountered during model building. A problem can either be an exception that was thrown
23 * or a simple string message. In addition, a problem carries a hint about its source, e.g. the POM file that exhibits
24 * the problem.
25 *
26 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
27 */
28 public interface ModelProblem {
29
30 /**
31 * The different severity levels for a problem, in decreasing order.
32 */
33 enum Severity {
34 FATAL, //
35 ERROR, //
36 WARNING //
37 }
38
39 /**
40 * Version
41 */
42 enum Version {
43 // based on ModeBuildingResult.validationLevel
44 BASE,
45 V20,
46 V30,
47 V31
48 }
49
50 /**
51 * Gets the hint about the source of the problem. While the syntax of this hint is unspecified and depends on the
52 * creator of the problem, the general expectation is that the hint provides sufficient information to the user to
53 * track the problem back to its origin. A concrete example for such a source hint can be the file path or URL from
54 * which a POM was read.
55 *
56 * @return The hint about the source of the problem or an empty string if unknown, never {@code null}.
57 */
58 String getSource();
59
60 /**
61 * Gets the one-based index of the line containing the problem. The line number should refer to some text file that
62 * is given by {@link #getSource()}.
63 *
64 * @return The one-based index of the line containing the problem or a non-positive value if unknown.
65 */
66 int getLineNumber();
67
68 /**
69 * Gets the one-based index of the column containing the problem. The column number should refer to some text file
70 * that is given by {@link #getSource()}.
71 *
72 * @return The one-based index of the column containing the problem or non-positive value if unknown.
73 */
74 int getColumnNumber();
75
76 /**
77 * Gets the identifier of the model from which the problem originated. While the general form of this identifier is
78 * <code>groupId:artifactId:version</code> the returned identifier need not be complete. The identifier is derived
79 * from the information that is available at the point the problem occurs and as such merely serves as a best effort
80 * to provide information to the user to track the problem back to its origin.
81 *
82 * @return The identifier of the model from which the problem originated or an empty string if unknown, never
83 * {@code null}.
84 */
85 String getModelId();
86
87 /**
88 * Gets the exception that caused this problem (if any).
89 *
90 * @return The exception that caused this problem or {@code null} if not applicable.
91 */
92 Exception getException();
93
94 /**
95 * Gets the message that describes this problem.
96 *
97 * @return The message describing this problem, never {@code null}.
98 */
99 String getMessage();
100
101 /**
102 * Gets the severity level of this problem.
103 *
104 * @return The severity level of this problem, never {@code null}.
105 */
106 Severity getSeverity();
107
108 /**
109 * Gets the applicable maven version/validation level of this problem
110 * @return The version, never {@code null}.
111 */
112 Version getVersion();
113 }