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package org.apache.maven.model.interpolation;

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import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Replaces expressions of the form ${token} with their effective values. Effective values are basically
 * calculated from the elements of the model itself and the execution properties from the building request.
 *
 * @author jdcasey
 *         
 *         Created on Feb 2, 2005
 */
public interface ModelInterpolator
{

    /**
     * Interpolates expressions in the specified model. Note that implementations are free to either interpolate the
     * provided model directly or to create a clone of the model and interpolate the clone. Callers should always use
     * the returned model and must not rely on the input model being updated.
     *
     * @param model The model to interpolate, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param projectDir The project directory, may be {@code null} if the model does not belong to a local project but
     *            to some artifact's metadata.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The interpolated model, never {@code null}.
     */
    Model interpolateModel( Model model, File projectDir, ModelBuildingRequest request,
                            ModelProblemCollector problems );

}