IArtifactFileProvider

All Superinterfaces:

IArtifactProvider, org.eclipse.equinox.p2.query.IQueryable<org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IArtifactKey>

All Known Subinterfaces:

IRawArtifactFileProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArtifactRepositoryBaseImpl, CompositeArtifactProvider, FileRepositoryArtifactProvider, LocalArtifactRepository, MirroringArtifactProvider, ModuleArtifactRepository, PackedFormatMirroringArtifactProvider, ProviderOnlyArtifactRepository, TargetPlatformBundlePublisher.PublishedBundlesArtifactRepository
```
public interface IArtifactFileProvider
extends IArtifactProvider
```
Provider for artifact files.
Over IArtifactProvider, this interface adds a method for obtaining the artifacts as files in the local file system. (With the IArtifactProvider interface, artifacts can only be obtained as stream.)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.io.File`	`getArtifactFile(org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IArtifactKey key)`	Returns the file system location of the given artifact.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.tycho.repository.p2base.artifact.provider.IArtifactProvider
contains, getArtifact

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.equinox.p2.query.IQueryable
query

- Method Detail
  - getArtifactFile
```
java.io.File getArtifactFile(org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IArtifactKey key)
```
    Returns the file system location of the given artifact.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - An artifact key
    
    Returns:
    
    The location of the specified artifact, or null the given artifact does not exist.