001    /*
002     * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2009 SonarSource SA
004     * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005     *
006     * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009     * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010     *
011     * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015     *
016     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
017     * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software
018     * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
019     */
020    package org.sonar.api.rules;
021    
022    import org.sonar.api.BatchExtension;
023    import org.sonar.api.ServerExtension;
024    import org.sonar.api.profiles.RulesProfile;
025    import org.sonar.api.resources.Language;
026    
027    import java.util.List;
028    
029    /**
030     * The interface to implement to create a repository of rules
031     *
032     * @param <LANG>
033     */
034    public interface RulesRepository<LANG extends Language> extends BatchExtension, ServerExtension {
035    
036      /**
037       * @return the language the repository is associated
038       */
039      LANG getLanguage();
040    
041      /**
042       * @return the list of rules of the repository
043       */
044      List<Rule> getInitialReferential();
045    
046      /**
047       * The method to parse the base referential of rules and return a list of rules
048       *
049       * @param fileContent the initial referential
050       * @return a list of rules
051       */
052      List<Rule> parseReferential(String fileContent);
053    
054      /**
055       * @return a list of profiles that are provided with the referential
056       */
057      List<RulesProfile> getProvidedProfiles();
058    
059    }