001/*
002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
003 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
004 * distributed with this work for additional information
005 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
006 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
007 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
008 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
009 *
010 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011 *
012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
013 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
014 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
015 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
016 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
017 * under the License.
018 */
019package org.eclipse.aether.impl;
020
021import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
022import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
023import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.RepositoryConnector;
024import org.eclipse.aether.transfer.NoRepositoryConnectorException;
025
026/**
027 * Retrieves a repository connector from the installed repository connector factories.
028 *
029 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
030 * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
031 * @provisional This type is provisional and can be changed, moved or removed without prior notice.
032 */
033public interface RepositoryConnectorProvider {
034
035    /**
036     * Tries to create a repository connector for the specified remote repository.
037     *
038     * @param session The repository system session from which to configure the connector, must not be {@code null}.
039     * @param repository The remote repository to create a connector for, must not be {@code null}.
040     * @return The connector for the given repository, never {@code null}.
041     * @throws NoRepositoryConnectorException If no available factory can create a connector for the specified remote
042     *             repository.
043     */
044    RepositoryConnector newRepositoryConnector(RepositorySystemSession session, RemoteRepository repository)
045            throws NoRepositoryConnectorException;
046}