Package org.eclipse.aether.metadata

Interface MergeableMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

Metadata

public interface MergeableMetadata
extends Metadata

A piece of metadata that needs to be merged with any current metadata before installation/deployment.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata

Metadata.Nature

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isMerged()	Indicates whether this metadata has been merged.
void	merge(File current, File result)	Merges this metadata into the current metadata (if any).

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata

getArtifactId, getFile, getGroupId, getNature, getProperties, getProperty, getType, getVersion, setFile, setProperties

Method Detail

merge

void merge(File current,
           File result)
    throws RepositoryException

Merges this metadata into the current metadata (if any). Note that this method will be invoked regardless whether metadata currently exists or not.

Parameters:

current - The path to the current metadata file, may not exist but must not be null.

result - The path to the result file where the merged metadata should be stored, must not be null.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If the metadata could not be merged.

isMerged

boolean isMerged()

Indicates whether this metadata has been merged.

Returns:

true if the metadata has been merged, false otherwise.