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* Copyright (c) 2007, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository.artifact;
import java.io.File;
import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IArtifactKey;
/**
* An artifact repository whose artifacts are available in the local file system.
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface IFileArtifactRepository extends IArtifactRepository {
/**
* Return the location of the full local file corresponding to the given
* artifact key to the given key, or <code>null</code> if not available.
*
* @param key the artifact key for the file to be returned
* @return the location of the requested artifact or<code>null</code> if not available
*/
public File getArtifactFile(IArtifactKey key);
/**
* Return the location of the local file corresponding to the given
* artifact descriptor, or <code>null</code> if not available.
*
* @param descriptor the artifact descriptor for the file to be returned
* @return the location of the requested descriptor or<code>null</code> if not available
*/
public File getArtifactFile(IArtifactDescriptor descriptor);
}