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/*
 * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2014 SonarSource
 * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
 *
 * SonarQube is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package org.sonar.api.batch.rule;

import org.sonar.api.rule.RuleKey;

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Searches for rules. This component is available by dependency injection. It must not
 * be extended by plugins.
 *
 * @since 4.2
 */
public interface Rules {

  /**
   * Get a rule by its key. Returns null if rule does not exist.
   */
  @CheckForNull
  Rule find(RuleKey key);

  Collection findAll();

  /**
   * Get the rules of the given repository. Returns an empty collection if the
   * repository does not exist.
   */
  Collection findByRepository(String repository);

}