*/
    String getLocalFilename(ArtifactRepository repository);

    /**
     * Get the filename of this metadata on the remote repository.
     *
     * @return the filename
     */
    String getRemoteFilename();

    /**
     * Merge a new metadata set into this piece of metadata.
     * TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata {@link org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata}
     *

    private Metadata metadata;

    protected AbstractRepositoryMetadata(Metadata metadata) {
        this.metadata = metadata;
    }

    @Override
    public String getRemoteFilename() {
        return "maven-metadata.xml";
    }

    @Override
    public String getLocalFilename(ArtifactRepository repository) {
        return "maven-metadata-" + repository.getKey() + ".xml";
    }

        return path.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public String pathOfRemoteRepositoryMetadata(ArtifactMetadata metadata) {
        return pathOfRepositoryMetadata(metadata, metadata.getRemoteFilename());
    }

    private String formatAsDirectory(String directory) {
        return directory.replace(GROUP_SEPARATOR, PATH_SEPARATOR);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {

        path.append(filename);

        return path.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public String pathOfRemoteRepositoryMetadata(ArtifactMetadata metadata) {
        return pathOfRepositoryMetadata(metadata.getRemoteFilename());
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getId();
    }

    public String getVersion() {
        return metadata.storedInArtifactVersionDirectory() ? emptify(metadata.getBaseVersion()) : "";
    }

    @Override
    public String getType() {
        return metadata.getRemoteFilename();
    }

    private String emptify(String string) {
        return (string != null) ? string : "";
    }

    @Override
    public File getFile() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override