org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata
Interface ArtifactMetadataSource

public interface ArtifactMetadataSource

Provides some metadata operations, like querying the remote repository for a list of versions available for an artifact.

Version:

$Id: ArtifactMetadataSource.java 527393 2007-04-11 05:57:37Z carlos $

Author:

Jason van Zyl

Field Summary

static String

ROLE

Method Summary

ResolutionGroup	retrieve(Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List remoteRepositories)
List	retrieveAvailableVersions(Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List remoteRepositories) Get a list of available versions for an artifact in the remote repository

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final String ROLE

Method Detail

retrieve

public ResolutionGroup retrieve(Artifact artifact,
                                ArtifactRepository localRepository,
                                List remoteRepositories)
                         throws ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException

Throws:

ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException

retrieveAvailableVersions

public List retrieveAvailableVersions(Artifact artifact,
                                      ArtifactRepository localRepository,
                                      List remoteRepositories)
                               throws ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException

Get a list of available versions for an artifact in the remote repository

Parameters:

artifact - artifact we are interested in. Only groupid and artifactId are needed, for instance the following code will work artifactFactory.createProjectArtifact( "org.apache.maven", "maven", "" )

localRepository - local repository

remoteRepositories - remote repositories, List $lt; ArtifactRepository >

Returns:

List $lt; ArtifactVersion >

Throws:

ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException - in case of error while retrieving repository metadata from the repository.