extractor

type Extractor interface {
	plugin.Plugin
	// ToPURL converts an inventory created by this extractor into a PURL.
	ToPURL(i *Inventory) (*purl.PackageURL, error)
	// ToCPEs converts an inventory created by this extractor into CPEs, if supported.
	ToCPEs(i *Inventory) ([]string, error)
}

type Inventory struct {
	// A human-readable name representation of the package. Note that this field
	// should only be used for things like logging as different packages can have
	// multiple different types of names (e.g. .deb packages have a source name
	// and a binary name), in which case we arbitrarily pick one of them to use here.
	// In cases when the exact name type used is important (e.g. when matching
	// against vuln feeds) you should use the specific name field from the Metadata.
	Name string
	// The version of this package.
	Version string

	// Paths or source of files related to the package.
	Locations []string
	// The Extractor that found this software instance. Set by the core library.
	Extractor Extractor
	// The additional data found in the package.
	Metadata any
}