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package org.apache.maven.model.profile;

import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;

/**
 * Handles profile injection into the model.
 *
 * @deprecated use {@code org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilder} instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface ProfileInjector {

    /**
     * Merges values from the specified profile into the given model. Implementations are expected to keep the profile
     * and model completely decoupled by injecting deep copies rather than the original objects from the profile.
     *
     * @param model The model into which to merge the values defined by the profile, must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param profile The (read-only) profile whose values should be injected, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}.
     */
    void injectProfile(Model model, Profile profile, ModelBuildingRequest request, ModelProblemCollector problems);
}
