desruisseaux commented on code in PR #1640:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/1640#discussion_r1719628286
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api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/Artifact.java:
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@@ -23,76 +23,83 @@
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
/**
- * An artifact points to a resource such as a jar file or war application.
+ * Pointer to a resolved resource such as a <abbr>JAR</abbr> file or
<abbr>WAE</abbr> application.
+ * {@code Artifact} instances are created when <dfn>resolving</dfn> {@link
Artifact} instances.
+ * Resolving is the process that selects a {@linkplain #getVersion()
particular version}
+ * and downloads the artifact in the local repository.
+ * The download may be deferred to the first time that the file is needed.
*
* @since 4.0.0
*/
@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface Artifact {
-
/**
- * Returns a unique identifier for this artifact.
+ * {@return a unique identifier for this artifact}.
* The identifier is composed of groupId, artifactId, extension,
classifier, and version.
*
- * @return the unique identifier
+ * @see ArtifactCoordinate#getId()
*/
@Nonnull
default String key() {
+ String c = getClassifier();
return getGroupId()
+ ':'
+ getArtifactId()
+ ':'
+ getExtension()
- + (getClassifier().isEmpty() ? "" : ":" + getClassifier())
+ + (c.isEmpty() ? "" : ":" + c)
+ ':'
+ getVersion();
}
/**
- * The groupId of the artifact.
+ * {@return the group identifier of the artifact}.
*
- * @return the groupId
+ * @see ArtifactCoordinate#getGroupId()
*/
@Nonnull
String getGroupId();
/**
- * The artifactId of the artifact.
+ * {@return the identifier of the artifact}.
*
- * @return the artifactId
+ * @see ArtifactCoordinate#getArtifactId()
*/
@Nonnull
String getArtifactId();
/**
- * The version of the artifact.
+ * {@return the version of the artifact}. Contrarily to {@link
ArtifactCoordinate},
+ * each {@code Artifact} is associated to a specific version instead of a
range of versions.
Review Comment:
Done the removal of `LATEST` and `RELEASE` from the documentation.
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