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| Repository APIs |
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| Repository APIs |
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| The repository APIs are the means for accessing metadata from any type of repository. |
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| <Note:> currently, only metadata retrieval is available. As more of the application moves to this base, artifact |
| content may be read using a stream, for example. |
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| * Metadata Resolver |
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| A repository request works in the following sequence: |
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| [[1]] the user requests a project's metadata using a |
| {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/MetadataResolver.html} MetadataResolver}} |
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| [[2]] the resolvers are chained together to locate the source of the metadata, and to determine where the most |
| up to date copy is. Included by default are the metadata repository and repository storage |
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| [[3]] the metadata is retrieved, and if not up to date in the metadata repository it is stored there |
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| [[4]] the metadata is returned to the requester |
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| * Storage Resolver |
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| Currently storage only supports obtaining information as well. In the future, the ability to modify the storage |
| will be made available for plugins such as purging, etc. |
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| More information can be found in the |
| {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/storage/StorageMetadataResolver.html} storage metadata resolver}} |
| class. |