ArtifactHandler

```
public interface ArtifactHandler
```
An artifact handler defines for a dependency type, defined as Plexus role:
- extension and classifier, to be able to download the file,
- information on how to use the artifact: whether to add it to the classpath, or to take into account its dependencies.
Author:

Jason van Zyl

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static java.lang.String ROLE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getClassifier()`	Get the classifier associated to the dependency type.
`java.lang.String`	`getDirectory()`
`java.lang.String`	`getExtension()`	Get the file extension associated to the file represented by the dependency type.
`java.lang.String`	`getLanguage()`
`java.lang.String`	`getPackaging()`
`boolean`	`isAddedToClasspath()`
`boolean`	`isIncludesDependencies()`

- Field Detail
  - ROLE
```
static final java.lang.String ROLE
```
- Method Detail
  - getExtension
```
java.lang.String getExtension()
```
    Get the file extension associated to the file represented by the dependency type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the file extension
  - getDirectory
```
java.lang.String getDirectory()
```
  - getClassifier
```
java.lang.String getClassifier()
```
    Get the classifier associated to the dependency type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the classifier
  - getPackaging
```
java.lang.String getPackaging()
```
  - isIncludesDependencies
```
boolean isIncludesDependencies()
```
  - getLanguage
```
java.lang.String getLanguage()
```
  - isAddedToClasspath
```
boolean isAddedToClasspath()
```