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 }