/*
 * FindBugs - Find Bugs in Java programs
 * Copyright (C) 2006, University of Maryland
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Build a classpath. Takes a list of project codebases and
 * <ul>
 * <li>Scans them for nested and referenced codebases</li>
 * <li>Builds a list of application class descriptors</li>
 * <li>Adds system codebases</li>
 * </ul>
 * 
 * @author David Hovemeyer
 */
public interface IClassPathBuilder {
    /**
     * Add a project codebase.
     * 
     * @param locator
     *            locator for project codebase
     * @param isApplication
     *            true if the codebase is an application codebase, false
     *            otherwise
     */
    public void addCodeBase(ICodeBaseLocator locator, boolean isApplication);

    /**
     * Set whether or not nested archives should be scanned. This should be
     * called before the build() method is called.
     * 
     * @param scanNestedArchives
     *            true if nested archives should be scanned, false otherwise
     */
    public void scanNestedArchives(boolean scanNestedArchives);

    /**
     * Build the classpath.
     * 
     * @param classPath
     *            IClassPath object to build
     * @param progress
     *            IClassPathBuilderProgress callback
     * @throws ResourceNotFoundException
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws InterruptedException
     */
    public void build(IClassPath classPath, IClassPathBuilderProgress progress) throws CheckedAnalysisException, IOException,
            InterruptedException;

    /**
     * Get the list of application classes discovered while scanning the
     * classpath.
     * 
     * @return list of application classes
     */
    public List<ClassDescriptor> getAppClassList();
}
