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package io.spring.initializr.metadata;

/**
 * Provide the {@link InitializrMetadata} to use.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 */
public interface InitializrMetadataProvider {

	/**
	 * Return the metadata to use. Rather than keeping a handle to
	 * a particular instance, implementations may decide to refresh
	 * or recompute the metadata if necessary.
	 */
	InitializrMetadata get();

}