java/maven.embedder/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/embedder/ArtifactFixer.java

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package org.netbeans.modules.maven.embedder;

import java.io.File;
import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;

/**
 * Service which can resolve an artifact before a request is sent to the local repo.
 */
public interface ArtifactFixer {

    /**
     * Possibly resolves an artifact.
     * @param artifact an artifact which might or might not be available in local repo
     * @return a file to resolve it to locally, or null to skip
     */
    File resolve(Artifact artifact);

}