001    package org.apache.maven.model.profile;
002    
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021    
022    import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
023    import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
024    import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
025    import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;
026    
027    /**
028     * Handles profile injection into the model.
029     * 
030     * @author Benjamin Bentmann
031     */
032    public interface ProfileInjector
033    {
034    
035        /**
036         * Merges values from the specified profile into the given model. Implementations are expected to keep the profile
037         * and model completely decoupled by injecting deep copies rather than the original objects from the profile.
038         * 
039         * @param model The model into which to merge the values defined by the profile, must not be <code>null</code>.
040         * @param profile The (read-only) profile whose values should be injected, may be <code>null</code>.
041         * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
042         * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}.
043         */
044        void injectProfile( Model model, Profile profile, ModelBuildingRequest request, ModelProblemCollector problems );
045    
046    }