001package org.apache.maven.model.profile;
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021
022import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
023import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
024import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
025import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;
026
027/**
028 * Handles profile injection into the model.
029 * 
030 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
031 */
032public 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}