org.apache.maven.mercury.builder.api
Interface MetadataReader

public interface MetadataReader

This interface implementation is supplied to MetadataProcessor to simplify it's access to remote repositories

Version:

$Id: MetadataReader.java 720564 2008-11-25 18:58:02Z ogusakov $

Author:

Oleg Gusakov

Method Summary

byte[]	readMetadata(ArtifactBasicMetadata bmd) read metadata for the artifact, pointed by bmd.
byte[]	readRawData(ArtifactBasicMetadata bmd, java.lang.String classifier, java.lang.String type) read content pointed by bmd.

Method Detail

readRawData

byte[] readRawData(ArtifactBasicMetadata bmd,
                   java.lang.String classifier,
                   java.lang.String type)
                   throws MetadataReaderException

read content pointed by bmd. It will return POM bytes regardless of actual bmd type

Parameters:

bmd - coordinates

classifier - - replaces the getClassifier() from bmd if not null

type - - replaces the getType() from bmd if not null

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataReaderException

RepositoryException

readMetadata

byte[] readMetadata(ArtifactBasicMetadata bmd)
                    throws MetadataReaderException

read metadata for the artifact, pointed by bmd. It will return POM bytes regardless of actual bmd type

Parameters:

bmd -

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataReaderException