* dependencies transitively</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 */
public interface ArtifactHandler {
    @Deprecated
    String ROLE = ArtifactHandler.class.getName();

    /**
     * Returns the file name extension of the artifact;
     * e.g. "jar", "pom", "xml", etc.
     *
     * @return the file extension
     */
    String getExtension();