org.repoweb.model
Interface Artifact

All Superinterfaces:

ArtifactInfo

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractArtifact

public interface Artifact

extends ArtifactInfo

Represent a maven's artifact. A maven artifact file can be jar, xml, etc..

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getId() Return an id for an artifact.
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Returns an input stream on this artifact.
long	getLength() Retrieve the artifact length.
Artifact	getPom() Retrieve the Project Object Model for this artifact.

Methods inherited from interface org.repoweb.pom.ArtifactInfo

getArtifactId, getFileName, getGroupId, getType, getVersion, isOverridden

Method Detail

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

Return an id for an artifact.

Returns:

A unique (version independent) of an artifact (e.g. 'struts:struts-legacy').

getPom

public Artifact getPom()

Retrieve the Project Object Model for this artifact.

Returns:

POM artifact (e.g. 'junit-3.8.1.pom')

getLength

public long getLength()

Retrieve the artifact length.

Returns:

length in byte.

getInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Returns an input stream on this artifact.

Returns:

an input stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - read error.