Re: [aether-users] How can I verify proper authentication before use

[Benjamin Bentmann <bentmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lothar Werzinger wrote:

> I'm not so familiar with repository structure; is there any metadata that
> every repository always provides that can be used (queried) in that way?

archetype-catalog.xml is pretty common in Maven repositories but still 
no guarantee. Repository managers might use vendor-specific metadata files.

All that said, you can as well try to resolve non-existing metadata, 
watching out for either a *NotFound* or other exception.


Benjamin