package org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.metadata;

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import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataStoreException;

Contains metadata about an artifact, and methods to retrieve/store it from an artifact repository.
Author:
Brett Porter
TODO merge with artifactmetadatasource
TODO retrieval exception not appropriate for store/**
 * Contains metadata about an artifact, and methods to retrieve/store it from an artifact repository.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
 * TODO merge with artifactmetadatasource
 * TODO retrieval exception not appropriate for store
 */
public interface ArtifactMetadata
{
    
Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the artifact. /** Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the artifact. */
    boolean storedInArtifactVersionDirectory();

    
Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the group. /** Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the group. */
    boolean storedInGroupDirectory();

    String getGroupId();

    String getArtifactId();

    String getBaseVersion();

    Object getKey();

    
Get the filename of this metadata on the local repository.
Params:
repository – the remote repository it came from
Returns:
the filename/**
     * Get the filename of this metadata on the local repository.
     *
     * @param repository the remote repository it came from
     * @return the filename
     */
    String getLocalFilename( ArtifactRepository repository );

    
Get the filename of this metadata on the remote repository.
Returns:
the filename/**
     * Get the filename of this metadata on the remote repository.
     *
     * @return the filename
     */
    String getRemoteFilename();

    
Merge a new metadata set into this piece of metadata.
Params:
metadata – the new metadata
TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata/**
     * Merge a new metadata set into this piece of metadata.
     *
     * @param metadata the new metadata
     * TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata
     */
    void merge( ArtifactMetadata metadata );

    
Store the metadata in the local repository.
Params:
localRepository –  the local repository
remoteRepository – the remote repository it came from
TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata/**
     * Store the metadata in the local repository.
     *
     * @param localRepository  the local repository
     * @param remoteRepository the remote repository it came from
     * TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata
     */
    void storeInLocalRepository( ArtifactRepository localRepository,
                                 ArtifactRepository remoteRepository )
        throws RepositoryMetadataStoreException;

    String extendedToString();
}