RepositoryMetadata.java

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

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import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryPolicy;

/**
 * Describes repository directory metadata.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
 * @todo not happy about the store method - they use "this"
 */
public interface RepositoryMetadata
    extends org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata
{

    int RELEASE = 1;

    int SNAPSHOT = 2;

    int RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT = RELEASE | SNAPSHOT;

    /**
     * Get the repository the metadata was located in.
     *
     * @return the repository
     */
    ArtifactRepository getRepository();

    /**
     * Set the repository the metadata was located in.
     *
     * @param remoteRepository the repository
     */
    void setRepository( ArtifactRepository remoteRepository );

    /**
     * Get the repository metadata associated with this marker.
     *
     * @return the metadata, or <code>null</code> if none loaded
     */
    Metadata getMetadata();

    /**
     * Set the metadata contents.
     *
     * @param metadata the metadata
     */
    void setMetadata( Metadata metadata );

    /**
     * Whether this represents a snapshot.
     *
     * @return if it is a snapshot
     */
    boolean isSnapshot();

    /**
     * Gets the artifact quality this metadata refers to. One of {@link #RELEASE}, {@link #SNAPSHOT} or
     * {@link #RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT}.
     *
     * @return The artifact quality this metadata refers to.
     */
    int getNature();

    /**
     * Gets the policy that applies to this metadata regarding the specified repository.
     *
     * @param repository The repository for which to determine the policy, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The policy, never {@code null}.
     */
    ArtifactRepositoryPolicy getPolicy( ArtifactRepository repository );

}