1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006 Eric Ballet Baz
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.apache.maven.author.resolver;
18
19 import java.io.File;
20
21 /**
22 * The goal of an AuthorResolver is to resolve the author(s) of a file.
23 *
24 * @author Eric Ballet Baz
25 */
26 public interface AuthorResolver {
27
28 /**
29 * Resolve the author(s) of the specified file.
30 * @param file File for wich we should resolve author(s) for.
31 * @return Array of authors. If no author is found an empty array (not null) should be returned.
32 */
33 String[] resolveAuthors(File file);
34 }