import java.util.List;

import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion;

/**
 * Provides some metadata operations, like querying the remote repository for a list of versions available for an
 * artifact.
 *
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ArtifactMetadataSource {

     * GETs the source URI content into target (does not have to exist, or will be overwritten if exist). The
     * source MUST BE relative from the {@link RemoteRepository#getUrl()} root.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if operation succeeded, {@code false} if source does not exist.
     * @throws RuntimeException If failed (and not due source not exists).
     */
    boolean get(@Nonnull URI relativeSource, @Nonnull Path target);

    /**

h3. Discovery all Plexus components

Once the ClassRealm is populated with the plugin artifact and its dependency artifacts a discovery operation must be performed on the plugin ClassRealm in order to discover any Plexus components that may be present in any of the artifacts required for the plugins execution.

h3. Looking up the plugin with a configuration

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