archiva/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-indexer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/indexer/merger/IndexMerger.java

package org.apache.archiva.indexer.merger;
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import org.apache.maven.index.context.IndexingContext;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * @author Olivier Lamy
 * @since 1.4-M2
 */
public interface IndexMerger
{
    /**
     * @param indexMergerRequest
     * @return a temporary directory with a merge index (directory marked deleteOnExit)
     * @throws IndexMergerException
     */
    IndexingContext buildMergedIndex( IndexMergerRequest indexMergerRequest )
        throws IndexMergerException;

    void cleanTemporaryGroupIndex( TemporaryGroupIndex temporaryGroupIndex );

    Collection<TemporaryGroupIndex> getTemporaryGroupIndexes();
}