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 762963 2009-04-07 21:01:07Z ogusakov $

Author:

Oleg Gusakov

Method Summary

byte[]	readMetadata(ArtifactMetadata bmd)
byte[]	readMetadata(ArtifactMetadata bmd, boolean exempt) read metadata for the artifact, pointed by bmd.
byte[]	readRawData(ArtifactMetadata bmd, java.lang.String classifier, java.lang.String type)
byte[]	readRawData(ArtifactMetadata bmd, java.lang.String classifier, java.lang.String type, boolean exempt) read raw content pointed by bmd, possibly modified by classifier and type

Method Detail

readRawData

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

read raw content pointed by bmd, possibly modified by classifier and type

Parameters:

bmd - coordinates

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

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

exempt - - if this read should be exempt from stream verification, default - false

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataReaderException

RepositoryException

readRawData

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

Throws:

MetadataReaderException

readMetadata

byte[] readMetadata(ArtifactMetadata bmd,
                    boolean exempt)
                    throws MetadataReaderException

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

Parameters:

bmd - metadata to read

exempt - - if this read should be exempt from stream verification, default - false

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataReaderException

readMetadata

byte[] readMetadata(ArtifactMetadata bmd)
                    throws MetadataReaderException

Throws:

MetadataReaderException