Source code

001package org.apache.archiva.repository.content;
002
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021
022import org.apache.archiva.model.ArtifactReference;
023import org.apache.archiva.repository.layout.LayoutException;
024
025/**
026 * PathParser interface.
027 *
028 *
029 */
030public interface PathParser
031{
032
033    /**
034     * Take a path and get the ArtifactReference associated with it.
035     *
036     * @param path the relative path to parse.
037     * @return the ArtifactReference for the provided path. (never null)
038     * @throws LayoutException if there was a problem parsing the path.
039     */
040    ArtifactReference toArtifactReference( String path )
041        throws LayoutException;
042
043}