org.springframework.osgi.test.provisioning
Interface ArtifactLocator

public interface ArtifactLocator

Interface describing the contract for finding dependencies artifacts. Implementations can rely on various lookup strategies for finding the actual artifacts (i.e. Maven, Ant, Ivy, etc...)

Author:

Costin Leau

Field Summary

static String

DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_TYPE default artifact type

Method Summary

Resource	locateArtifact(String group, String id, String version) Locates the artifact under the given group, with the given id, version and type.
Resource	locateArtifact(String group, String id, String version, String type) Locates the artifact under the given group, with the given id, version and type.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_TYPE

static final String DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_TYPE

default artifact type

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

locateArtifact

Resource locateArtifact(String group,
                        String id,
                        String version,
                        String type)

Locates the artifact under the given group, with the given id, version and type. Implementations are free to provide defaults, in case null values are passed in. The only required field is #id.

Parameters:

group - artifact group (can be null)

id - artifact id or name (required)

version - artifact version (can be null)

type - artifact type (can be null)

Returns:

Spring resource to the located artifact

locateArtifact

Resource locateArtifact(String group,
                        String id,
                        String version)

Locates the artifact under the given group, with the given id, version and type. This is a shortcut version which uses the implementation default artifact type DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_TYPE.

Parameters:

group - artifact group (can be null)

id - artifact id or name (required)

version - artifact version (can be null)

Returns:

Spring resource to the located artifact