content: package org.apache.archiva.repository;
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  /**
   *
   * Maps request paths to native repository paths. Normally HTTP requests and the path in the repository
   * storage should be identically.
   *
   * @author Martin Stockhammer <martin_s@apache.org>
   */
  public interface RequestPathMapper
  {
      /**
       * Maps a request path to a repository path. The request path should be relative
       * to the repository. The resulting path should always start with a '/'.
       * The returned object contains additional information, if this request
       *
       * @param requestPath
       * @return
       */
      RelocatablePath relocatableRequestToRepository(String requestPath);
  
  
      String requestToRepository(String requestPath);
  
  
      /**
       * Maps a repository path to a request path. The repository path is relative to the
       * repository. The resulting path should always start with a '/'.
       *
       * @param repositoryPath
       * @return
       */
      String repositoryToRequest(String repositoryPath);
  
  }
  