001/*
002 * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003 * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 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 */
020package org.sonar.api.profiles;
021
022import org.sonar.api.ServerExtension;
023import 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 */
031public abstract class ProfileDefinition implements ServerExtension {
032
033  public abstract RulesProfile createProfile(ValidationMessages validation);
034
035}