ArtifactMetadata (Maven Artifact 3.5.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ArtifactMetadata
```
public interface ArtifactMetadata
```
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

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`String`	`extendedToString()`
`String`	`getArtifactId()`
`String`	`getBaseVersion()`
`String`	`getGroupId()`
`Object`	`getKey()`
`String`	`getLocalFilename(ArtifactRepository repository)` Get the filename of this metadata on the local repository.
`String`	`getRemoteFilename()` Get the filename of this metadata on the remote repository.
`void`	`merge(ArtifactMetadata metadata)` Merge a new metadata set into this piece of metadata.
`boolean`	`storedInArtifactVersionDirectory()` Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the artifact.
`boolean`	`storedInGroupDirectory()` Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the group.
`void`	`storeInLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository remoteRepository)` Store the metadata in the local repository.

- Method Detail
  - storedInArtifactVersionDirectory
```
boolean storedInArtifactVersionDirectory()
```
    Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the artifact.
  - storedInGroupDirectory
```
boolean storedInGroupDirectory()
```
    Whether this metadata should be stored alongside the group.
  - getGroupId
```
String getGroupId()
```
  - getArtifactId
```
String getArtifactId()
```
  - getBaseVersion
```
String getBaseVersion()
```
  - getKey
```
Object getKey()
```
  - getLocalFilename
```
String getLocalFilename(ArtifactRepository repository)
```
    Get the filename of this metadata on the local repository.
    
    Parameters:
    repository - the remote repository it came from
    
    Returns:
    the filename
  - getRemoteFilename
```
String getRemoteFilename()
```
    Get the filename of this metadata on the remote repository.
    
    Returns:
    the filename
  - merge
```
void merge(ArtifactMetadata metadata)
```
    Merge a new metadata set into this piece of metadata.
    
    Parameters:
    metadata - the new metadata TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata
  - storeInLocalRepository
```
void storeInLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository,
                          ArtifactRepository remoteRepository)
                            throws RepositoryMetadataStoreException
```
    Store the metadata in the local repository.
    
    Parameters:
    localRepository - the local repository
    remoteRepository - the remote repository it came from TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata
    
    Throws:
    
    RepositoryMetadataStoreException
  - extendedToString
```
String extendedToString()
```

Interface ArtifactMetadata

Method Summary

Method Detail

storedInArtifactVersionDirectory

storedInGroupDirectory

getGroupId

getArtifactId

getBaseVersion

getKey

getLocalFilename

getRemoteFilename

merge

storeInLocalRepository

extendedToString