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Metadata API and Persistence

    The Metadata Java API is comprised of the following:

        * The Java model

        * The Metadata repository API

        * The plugins for storing the metadata repository content

* Metadata Models

    The Java model is a very simply representation of the metadata. Presently the following are represented:

        * {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/model/MetadataFacet.html} repository metadata facets}}

        * {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/model/ProjectMetadata.html} project metadata}}

        * {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/model/ProjectVersionMetadata.html} project version metadata}}

        * various subtypes

    More information can be found in the
    {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/model/package-summary.html} org.apache.archiva.metadata.model}} package,
    or the {{{./metadata/metadata-model/index.html} metadata-model}} module.

* Metadata Repository API

    The metadata repository API is responsible for accessing the metadata repository and persisting changes. This is
    handled by the {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/MetadataRepository.html} MetadataRepository}}
    class.

    More information can be found in the {{{./metadata/metadata-repository-api/index.html} metadata-repository-api}}
    module.

* Persistence

    Currently, the only implementation of persistence for the metadata content is a flat-file option using Java
    properties. The code is note yet production quality. You can find out more in the:
    {{{./apidocs/reference/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/file/FileMetadataRepository.html} FileMetadataRepository}}
    class.