*/

This document outlines the concerns of a general plugin manager that would be used in conjunction with any Plexus-based application. The following outlined concerns are an attempt to describe what a plugin manager would need to do for Maven and for Nexus.

h2. Concerns for the plugin manager

h3. Resolving the dependencies of a plugin

Filter$1(); public boolean shouldRun(org.junit.runner.Description); public String describe(); public void apply(Object) throws NoTestsRemainExcepti; public Filter intersect(Filter); } org/junit/runner/manipulation/Filter$3.class package org.junit.runner.manipulation; synchronized class Filter$3 extends Filter { void Filter$3(Filter, Filter, Filter); public boolean shouldRun(org.junit.runner.Description); public String describe(); } org/junit/runner/manipulation/Filter.class package org.junit.runner.manipulation;...

ing item, Description mismatchDescription) void SubstringMatcher.describeTo(Description description) void IsSame.describeTo(Description description) void IsNull.describeTo(Description description) void IsNot.describeTo(Description description) void IsInstanceOf.describeTo(Description description) void IsEqual.describeTo(Description description) void IsCollectionContaini.describeTo(Description description) void IsAnything.describeTo(Description description) void Is.describeTo(Description description)...

         * repository's layout to allow pointing at artifacts within the repository. Unfortunately,
         * DefaultRepositoryLayout does not correctly describe the layout of a local repository which unlike a remote
         * repository never uses timestamps in the filename of a snapshot artifact. The discrepancy gets notable when a

          <name>licenses</name>
          <version>3.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            <![CDATA[
            This element describes all the licenses for this project.
            Each license is described by a {@code license} element, which
            is then described by additional elements.
            Projects should only list the license(s) that applies to the project

extends BaseMatcher { private final String fixedDescription; public void CustomMatcher(String); public final void describeTo(Description); } org/hamcrest/CustomTypeSafeMatche.class package org.hamcrest; public abstract synchronized class CustomTypeSafeMatche extends TypeSafeMatcher { private final String fixedDescription; public void CustomTypeSafeMatche(String); public final void describeTo(Description); } org/hamcrest/Description$NullDescription.class package org.hamcrest; public final synchronized...

 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning;

/**
 * Describes an artifact version in terms of its components, converts it to/from a string and
 * compares two versions.
 *
 */
public interface ArtifactVersion extends Comparable<ArtifactVersion> {
    int getMajorVersion();

 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.execution;

/**
 * Describes whether a target should be activated or not, and if that is required or optional.
 */
enum ActivationSettings {
    ACTIVATION_OPTIONAL(true, true),
    ACTIVATION_REQUIRED(true, false),

 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Describes the required task segment as provided on the maven command line; i.e. "clean jetty:run install"
 *
 * <strong>NOTE:</strong> This class is not part of any public api and can be changed or deleted without prior notice.
 *

 */
package org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata;

import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryPolicy;

/**
 * Describes repository directory metadata.
 *
 * TODO not happy about the store method - they use "this"
 */
@Deprecated
public interface RepositoryMetadata extends org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata {