package org.apache.maven.model.profile;

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

/**
 * Handles profile injection into the model.
 * 
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
public interface ProfileInjector
{

    /**
     * Merges values from the specified profile into the given model. Implementations are expected to keep the profile
     * and model completely decoupled by injecting deep copies rather than the original objects from the profile.
     * 
     * @param model The model into which to merge the values defined by the profile, must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param profile The (read-only) profile whose values should be injected, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @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}.
     */
    void injectProfile( Model model, Profile profile, ModelBuildingRequest request, ModelProblemCollector problems );

}
