001    /*
002     * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2008-2014 SonarSource
004     * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005     *
006     * SonarQube 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     * SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 License
017     * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
018     * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
019     */
020    package org.sonar.api.profiles;
021    
022    import org.sonar.api.ServerExtension;
023    import org.sonar.api.utils.ValidationMessages;
024    
025    /**
026     * Define a profile which is automatically registered during sonar startup.
027     * The components <code>AnnotationProfileParser</code> and <code>XMLProfileParser</code> can be used to help implementing the method create().
028     *
029     * @since 2.3
030     */
031    public abstract class ProfileDefinition implements ServerExtension {
032    
033      public abstract RulesProfile createProfile(ValidationMessages validation);
034    
035    }