*
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataStoreException;

/**
 * Contains metadata about an artifact, and methods to retrieve/store it from an artifact repository.
 * TODO merge with artifactmetadatasource
 * TODO retrieval exception not appropriate for store
 *
 */
public interface ArtifactMetadata {
    /**

    /**
     * Moderate trust - it was deployed directly from a partner.
     */
    public static final ArtifactStatus PARTNER = new ArtifactStatus("partner", 3);

    /**
     * Moderate trust - it was deployed directly by a user.
     */
    public static final ArtifactStatus DEPLOYED = new ArtifactStatus("deployed", 4);

    /**
     * Trusted, as it has had its data verified by hand.
     */

  public Object[] toArray() {
    /*
     * If we could, we'd declare the no-arg `Collection.toArray()` to return "Object[] but elements
     * have the same nullness as E." Since we can't, we declare it to return nullable elements, and
     * we can override it in our non-null-guaranteeing subtypes to present a better signature to
     * their users.
     *
     * However, the checker *we* use has this special knowledge about `Collection.toArray()` anyway,

 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

/*
 * © 2017 AgNO3 Gmbh & Co. KG
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of