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package org.fedoraproject.xmvn.metadata;

/**
 * Resolves artifact metadata from specified metadata repositories.
 * 
 * @author Mikolaj Izdebski
 */
public interface MetadataResolver
{
    /**
     * Resolve artifact metadata from metadata repositories specified in request.
     * 
     * @param request parameters of metadata resolution
     * @return results of metadata resolution, never {@code null}
     */
    MetadataResult resolveMetadata( MetadataRequest request );
}
