Retrieving Maven Artifact from Repository using Maven Java API
aether, api, java, maven, maven-plugin
Solution
You'll probably want to look at Aether. See the Wiki for examples.
Problem
If I have a Maven Artifact information (GroupId, ArtifactId, Version) how can I programmatically (using Java) retrieve that Artifact from my local repository? Specifically, I need to be able to connect to the Maven Repository and create/retrieve a org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact so I can retrieve the file associated with the Artifact. I have looked into m2e source code, but the MavenImpl.java (which provides Artifact resolution) is way more complex than what I need and it is difficult to understand how the connection to the repository works.