*/
    protected String why;

    /** dependencies of the artifact behind this metadata */
    protected Collection<ArtifactMetadata> dependencies;

    /** metadata URI */
    protected String uri;

    /** is metadata found anywhere */
    protected boolean resolved = false;

    /** does the actual artifact for this metadata exists */
    protected boolean artifactExists = false;
    /** artifact URI */

    /**
     * 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}
     *
     * @param metadata the new metadata
     */
    void merge(ArtifactMetadata metadata);

    /**
     * Store the metadata in the local repository.

 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata;

/**
 * Contains metadata about an artifact, and methods to retrieve/store it from an artifact repository.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ArtifactMetadata extends org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.metadata.ArtifactMetadata {
    void merge(ArtifactMetadata metadata);