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package org.jboss.shrinkwrap.resolver.api;

/**
 * {@link StrategyStage} extension providing support for the notion of transitivity, adding shorthand notation such that
 * the user does not have to manually specify {@code TransitiveStrategy.INSTANCE} or {@code NonTransitiveStrategy.INSTANCE}
 *
 * @param <FORMATSTAGE>
 * Next {@link FormatStage} in resolution
 * @author <a href="mailto:alr@jboss.org">Andrew Lee Rubinger</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:kpiwko@redhat.com">Karel Piwko</a>
 */
public interface TransitiveStrategyStage<COORDINATETYPE extends Coordinate, RESOLUTIONFILTERTYPE extends ResolutionFilter, RESOLVEDTYPE extends ResolvedArtifact<RESOLVEDTYPE>, FORMATSTAGE extends FormatStage<RESOLVEDTYPE>, RESOLUTIONSTRATEGYTYPE extends ResolutionStrategy<COORDINATETYPE, RESOLUTIONFILTERTYPE, RESOLUTIONSTRATEGYTYPE>>
        extends StrategyStage<COORDINATETYPE, RESOLUTIONFILTERTYPE, RESOLVEDTYPE, FORMATSTAGE, RESOLUTIONSTRATEGYTYPE> {

    /**
     * Alias to {@link StrategyStage#using(ResolutionStrategy)} with {@code TransitiveStrategy.INSTANCE} as argument
     *
     * @return The next {@link FormatStage}.
     */
    FORMATSTAGE withTransitivity();

    /**
     * Alias to {@link StrategyStage#using(ResolutionStrategy)} with {@code NonTransitiveStrategy.INSTANCE} as argument
     *
     * @return The next {@link FormatStage}.
     */
    FORMATSTAGE withoutTransitivity();
}
