/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2014 Sonatype, Inc. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Sonatype, Inc. - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ /** * The contract to access artifacts/metadata in remote repositories. By implementing a * {@link org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.RepositoryConnectorFactory} and registering it with the repository system, * an application can enable access to arbitrary remote repositories. It should be noted that a repository connector is * powerful yet burdensome to implement. In many cases, implementing a * {@link org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.transport.TransporterFactory} or * {@link org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.layout.RepositoryLayoutFactory} will be sufficient and easier to access a * custom remote repository. */ package org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector;