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

/**
 * An artifact handler contains information explaining how an artifact plugs into the Maven build:<ul>
 * <li>Information needed to find the artifact file in a repository including extension and classifier</li>
 * <li>Information on how to use the artifact as a dependency: whether to add it to the classpath, whether to load its
 * dependencies transitively</li>
 * </ul>
 *