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package org.apache.maven.artifact.handler;
/**
* An artifact handler defines for a dependency type, defined as Plexus role:
* - extension and classifier, to be able to download the file,
* - information on how to use the artifact: whether to add it to the classpath, or to take into account its
* dependencies.
*
*
* @author Jason van Zyl
*/
public interface ArtifactHandler {
String ROLE = ArtifactHandler.class.getName();
/**
* Get the file extension associated to the file represented by the dependency type.
*
* @return the file extension
*/
String getExtension();
String getDirectory();
/**
* Get the classifier associated to the dependency type.
*
* @return the classifier
*/
String getClassifier();
String getPackaging();
boolean isIncludesDependencies();
String getLanguage();
boolean isAddedToClasspath();
}