Author: brett
Date: Thu Feb 11 16:42:44 2010
New Revision: 909067
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=909067&view=rev
Log:
some more information
Modified:
archiva/branches/MRM-1025/archiva-modules/src/site/apt/repository-api.apt
Modified:
archiva/branches/MRM-1025/archiva-modules/src/site/apt/repository-api.apt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/archiva/branches/MRM-1025/archiva-modules/src/site/apt/repository-api.apt?rev=909067&r1=909066&r2=909067&view=diff
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--- archiva/branches/MRM-1025/archiva-modules/src/site/apt/repository-api.apt
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+++ archiva/branches/MRM-1025/archiva-modules/src/site/apt/repository-api.apt
Thu Feb 11 16:42:44 2010
@@ -4,3 +4,30 @@
Repository APIs
+ The repository APIs are the means for accessing metadata from any type of
repository.
+
+ <Note:> currently, only metadata retrieval is available. As more of the
application moves to this base, artifact
+ content may be read using a stream, for example.
+
+* Metadata Resolver
+
+ A repository request works in the following sequence:
+
+ [[1]] the user requests a project's metadata using a
+
{{{./apidocs/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/MetadataResolver.html}
MetadataResolver}}
+
+ [[2]] the resolvers are chained together to locate the source of the
metadata, and to determine where the most
+ up to date copy is. Included by default are the metadata
repository and repository storage
+
+ [[3]] the metadata is retrieved, and if not up to date in the metadata
repository it is stored there
+
+ [[4]] the metadata is returned to the requester
+
+* Storage Resolver
+
+ Currently storage only supports obtaining information as well. In the
future, the ability to modify the storage
+ will be made available for plugins such as purging, etc.
+
+ More information can be found in the
+
{{{./apidocs/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/storage/StorageMetadataResolver.html}
storage metadata resolver}}
+ class.
