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-/*
-Copyright (c) 2008 Sonatype, Inc. All rights reserved.
-
-This program is licensed to you under the Apache License Version 2.0, 
-and you may not use this file except in compliance with the Apache License Version 2.0. 
-You may obtain a copy of the Apache License Version 2.0 at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 
-software distributed under the Apache License Version 2.0 is distributed on an 
-"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
-See the Apache License Version 2.0 for the specific language governing permissions and limitations there under.
-*/
-
-package org.codehaus.plexus.build;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.Scanner;
-
-/**
- * BuildContext implementation that delegates actual work to thread-local
- * build context set using {@link #setThreadBuildContext(BuildContext)}.
- * {@link DefaultBuildContext} is used if no thread local build context was set.
- *
- * Note that plexus component metadata is not generated for this implementation.
- * Apparently, older version of plexus used by maven-filtering and likely
- * other projects, does not honour "default" role-hint.
- *
- * @author slachiewicz
- * @version $Id: $Id
- * @since 0.0.8
- */
-public class ThreadBuildContext implements BuildContext {
-
-  private static final ThreadLocal<BuildContext> threadContext = new ThreadLocal<BuildContext>(){
-    @Override
-    protected BuildContext initialValue() {
-      return defaultContext;
-    }
-  };
-
-  private static final DefaultBuildContext defaultContext = new DefaultBuildContext();
-
-  /**
-   * <p>getContext.</p>
-   *
-   * @return a {@link BuildContext} object.
-   */
-  public static BuildContext getContext() {
-    return threadContext.get();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * <p>setThreadBuildContext.</p>
-   *
-   * @param context a {@link BuildContext} object.
-   */
-  public static void setThreadBuildContext(BuildContext context) {
-    threadContext.set(context);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public boolean hasDelta(String relPath) {
-    return getContext().hasDelta(relPath);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * <p>hasDelta.</p>
-   *
-   * @param file a {@link java.io.File} object.
-   * @return a boolean.
-   */
-  public boolean hasDelta(File file) {
-    return getContext().hasDelta(file);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * <p>hasDelta.</p>
-   *
-   * @param relPaths a {@link java.util.List} object.
-   * @return a boolean.
-   */
-  public boolean hasDelta(List<String> relPaths) {
-    return getContext().hasDelta(relPaths);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public Scanner newDeleteScanner(File basedir) {
-    return getContext().newDeleteScanner(basedir);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public OutputStream newFileOutputStream(File file) throws IOException {
-    return getContext().newFileOutputStream(file);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public Scanner newScanner(File basedir) {
-    return getContext().newScanner(basedir);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public Scanner newScanner(File basedir, boolean ignoreDelta) {
-    return getContext().newScanner(basedir, ignoreDelta);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public void refresh(File file) {
-    getContext().refresh(file);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public Object getValue(String key) {
-    return getContext().getValue(key);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * <p>isIncremental.</p>
-   *
-   * @return a boolean.
-   */
-  public boolean isIncremental() {
-    return getContext().isIncremental();
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public void setValue(String key, Object value) {
-    getContext().setValue(key, value);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public void addMessage(File file, int line, int column, String message, int severity, Throwable cause) {
-    getContext().addMessage(file, line, column, message, severity, cause);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public void removeMessages(File file) {
-    getContext().removeMessages(file);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public void addWarning(File file, int line, int column, String message, Throwable cause) {
-    addMessage(file, line, column, message, SEVERITY_WARNING, cause);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public void addError(File file, int line, int column, String message, Throwable cause) {
-    addMessage(file, line, column, message, SEVERITY_ERROR, cause);
-  }
-
-  /** {@inheritDoc} */
-  public boolean isUptodate(File target, File source) {
-    return getContext().isUptodate(target, source);
-  }
-}