001    package org.apache.archiva.repository.content;
002    
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021    
022    import org.apache.archiva.model.ArtifactReference;
023    import org.apache.archiva.repository.layout.LayoutException;
024    
025    /**
026     * PathParser interface.
027     *
028     *
029     */
030    public interface PathParser
031    {
032    
033        /**
034         * Take a path and get the ArtifactReference associated with it.
035         *
036         * @param path the relative path to parse.
037         * @return the ArtifactReference for the provided path. (never null)
038         * @throws LayoutException if there was a problem parsing the path.
039         */
040        ArtifactReference toArtifactReference( String path )
041            throws LayoutException;
042    
043    }