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[maven-resolver] branch remote-repository-filter updated (c8d6e6d1 -> a4bc9e9b)

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[maven-resolver] 01/01: Remote repository filtering (draft)

Posted by cs...@apache.org.
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cstamas pushed a commit to branch remote-repository-filter
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commit a4bc9e9b03567aa11414ae4b58d66650de46a50b
Author: Tamas Cservenak <ta...@cservenak.net>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 13 20:24:24 2022 +0200

    Remote repository filtering (draft)
    
    Introduce new feature to be able to filter artifacts for
    given remote repository instance, that would allow things
    like "scoping" a remote repository for given groupId,
    use prefixes published by repository etc.
---
 .../eclipse/aether/impl/DefaultServiceLocator.java |   2 +
 .../aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java |  35 +++++
 .../aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter.java |  57 +++++++
 .../internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolver.java     | 101 ++++++++----
 .../internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolver.java     |  27 +++-
 .../impl/DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider.java   |  24 ++-
 .../DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java      | 172 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../impl/filter/FilteringRepositoryConnector.java  | 134 ++++++++++++++++
 .../filter/StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java | 144 +++++++++++++++++
 .../internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolverTest.java |   6 +-
 .../internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolverTest.java |   3 +-
 .../connector/filter/RemoteRepositoryFilter.java   |  67 ++++++++
 .../filter/RemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java       |  45 ++++++
 13 files changed, 780 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/DefaultServiceLocator.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/DefaultServiceLocator.java
index 815c07cd..75aeff5d 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/DefaultServiceLocator.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/DefaultServiceLocator.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultUpdatePolicyAnalyzer;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.EnhancedLocalRepositoryManagerFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.Maven2RepositoryLayoutFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.filter.DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.slf4j.Slf4jLoggerFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.synccontext.DefaultSyncContextFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.synccontext.named.NamedLockFactorySelector;
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ public final class DefaultServiceLocator
         addService( NamedLockFactorySelector.class, SimpleNamedLockFactorySelector.class );
         addService( ChecksumAlgorithmFactorySelector.class, DefaultChecksumAlgorithmFactorySelector.class );
         addService( LocalPathComposer.class, DefaultLocalPathComposer.class );
+        addService( RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.class, DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager.class );
     }
 
     private <T> Entry<T> getEntry( Class<T> type, boolean create )
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..790b1456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package org.eclipse.aether.impl;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+
+/**
+ * Remote repository filter manager.
+ *
+ * @since TBD
+ */
+public interface RemoteRepositoryFilterManager
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns instance of remote repository filter, never {@code null}.
+     */
+    RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter getRemoteRepositoryFilter( RepositorySystemSession session );
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..053e99f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/impl/RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.eclipse.aether.impl;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilter;
+
+/**
+ * Enhanced/managed remote repository filter.
+ *
+ * @since TBD
+ */
+public interface RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter extends RemoteRepositoryFilter
+{
+    /**
+     * Managed result.
+     */
+    interface ManagedResult extends Result
+    {
+        /**
+         * The "votes" this managed result carries, never {@code null}.
+         */
+        Map<String, Result> getVotes();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the participant of this managed filter.
+     */
+    Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilter> getParticipants();
+
+    @Override
+    ManagedResult acceptArtifact( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Artifact artifact );
+
+    @Override
+    ManagedResult acceptMetadata( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Metadata metadata );
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolver.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
index 430ea381..4539b143 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.ArtifactProperties;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.ArtifactResolver;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.OfflineController;
+import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RemoteRepositoryFilterManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RemoteRepositoryManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RepositoryConnectorProvider;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RepositoryEventDispatcher;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilter;
 import org.eclipse.aether.spi.synccontext.SyncContextFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.UpdateCheck;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.UpdateCheckManager;
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
 
     private OfflineController offlineController;
 
+    private RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager;
+
     public DefaultArtifactResolver()
     {
         // enables default constructor
@@ -117,7 +121,8 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
                              VersionResolver versionResolver, UpdateCheckManager updateCheckManager,
                              RepositoryConnectorProvider repositoryConnectorProvider,
                              RemoteRepositoryManager remoteRepositoryManager, SyncContextFactory syncContextFactory,
-                             OfflineController offlineController )
+                             OfflineController offlineController,
+                             RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager )
     {
         setFileProcessor( fileProcessor );
         setRepositoryEventDispatcher( repositoryEventDispatcher );
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
         setRemoteRepositoryManager( remoteRepositoryManager );
         setSyncContextFactory( syncContextFactory );
         setOfflineController( offlineController );
+        setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( remoteRepositoryFilterManager );
     }
 
     public void initService( ServiceLocator locator )
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
         setRemoteRepositoryManager( locator.getService( RemoteRepositoryManager.class ) );
         setSyncContextFactory( locator.getService( SyncContextFactory.class ) );
         setOfflineController( locator.getService( OfflineController.class ) );
+        setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( locator.getService( RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.class ) );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -203,6 +210,14 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
         return this;
     }
 
+    public DefaultArtifactResolver setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager(
+            RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager )
+    {
+        this.remoteRepositoryFilterManager = requireNonNull( remoteRepositoryFilterManager,
+                "remote repository filter manager cannot be null" );
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public ArtifactResult resolveArtifact( RepositorySystemSession session, ArtifactRequest request )
         throws ArtifactResolutionException
     {
@@ -244,6 +259,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
         List<ArtifactResult> results = new ArrayList<>( requests.size() );
         boolean failures = false;
 
+        RemoteRepositoryFilter filter = remoteRepositoryFilterManager.getRemoteRepositoryFilter( session );
         LocalRepositoryManager lrm = session.getLocalRepositoryManager();
         WorkspaceReader workspace = session.getWorkspaceReader();
 
@@ -257,7 +273,6 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
             results.add( result );
 
             Artifact artifact = request.getArtifact();
-            List<RemoteRepository> repos = request.getRepositories();
 
             artifactResolving( session, trace, artifact );
 
@@ -280,10 +295,30 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
                 continue;
             }
 
+            List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepositories = request.getRepositories();
+            List<RemoteRepository> filteredRemoteRepositories = new ArrayList<>( remoteRepositories.size() );
+            for ( RemoteRepository repository : remoteRepositories )
+            {
+                RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result filterResult = filter.acceptArtifact( repository, artifact );
+                if ( !filterResult.isAccepted() )
+                {
+                    result.addException(  new ArtifactNotFoundException( artifact, repository,
+                            filterResult.reasoning() ) );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    filteredRemoteRepositories.add( repository );
+                }
+            }
+            final boolean remoteConsidered = !remoteRepositories.isEmpty();
+            final boolean filteringApplied = remoteConsidered
+                    && !remoteRepositories.equals( filteredRemoteRepositories );
+
             VersionResult versionResult;
             try
             {
-                VersionRequest versionRequest = new VersionRequest( artifact, repos, request.getRequestContext() );
+                VersionRequest versionRequest = new VersionRequest(
+                        artifact, remoteRepositories, request.getRequestContext() );
                 versionRequest.setTrace( trace );
                 versionResult = versionResolver.resolveVersion( session, versionRequest );
             }
@@ -299,11 +334,11 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
             {
                 if ( versionResult.getRepository() instanceof RemoteRepository )
                 {
-                    repos = Collections.singletonList( (RemoteRepository) versionResult.getRepository() );
+                    remoteRepositories = Collections.singletonList( (RemoteRepository) versionResult.getRepository() );
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    repos = Collections.emptyList();
+                    remoteRepositories = Collections.emptyList();
                 }
             }
 
@@ -320,49 +355,55 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
                 }
             }
 
-            LocalArtifactResult local =
-                lrm.find( session, new LocalArtifactRequest( artifact, repos, request.getRequestContext() ) );
+            LocalArtifactResult local = lrm.find(
+                    session, new LocalArtifactRequest( artifact, remoteRepositories, request.getRequestContext() ) );
             if ( isLocallyInstalled( local, versionResult ) )
             {
+                boolean originAccepted = true;
                 if ( local.getRepository() != null )
                 {
                     result.setRepository( local.getRepository() );
+                    originAccepted = !filteringApplied || filteredRemoteRepositories.contains( local.getRepository() );
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     result.setRepository( lrm.getRepository() );
                 }
-                try
-                {
-                    artifact = artifact.setFile( getFile( session, artifact, local.getFile() ) );
-                    result.setArtifact( artifact );
-                    artifactResolved( session, trace, artifact, result.getRepository(), null );
-                }
-                catch ( ArtifactTransferException e )
-                {
-                    result.addException( e );
-                }
-                if ( !local.isAvailable() )
+
+                if ( originAccepted )
                 {
-                    /*
-                     * NOTE: Interop with simple local repository: An artifact installed by a simple local repo manager
-                     * will not show up in the repository tracking file of the enhanced local repository. If however the
-                     * maven-metadata-local.xml tells us the artifact was installed locally, we sync the repository
-                     * tracking file.
-                     */
-                    lrm.add( session, new LocalArtifactRegistration( artifact ) );
+                    try
+                    {
+                        artifact = artifact.setFile( getFile( session, artifact, local.getFile() ) );
+                        result.setArtifact( artifact );
+                        artifactResolved( session, trace, artifact, result.getRepository(), null );
+                    }
+                    catch ( ArtifactTransferException e )
+                    {
+                        result.addException( e );
+                    }
+                    if ( !local.isAvailable() )
+                    {
+                        /*
+                         * NOTE: Interop with simple local repository: An artifact installed by a simple local repo
+                         * manager will not show up in the repository tracking file of the enhanced local repository.
+                         * If however the maven-metadata-local.xml tells us the artifact was installed locally, we
+                         * sync the repository tracking file.
+                         */
+                        lrm.add( session, new LocalArtifactRegistration( artifact ) );
+                    }
+                    continue;
                 }
-                continue;
             }
             else if ( local.getFile() != null )
             {
-                LOGGER.debug( "Verifying availability of {} from {}", local.getFile(), repos );
+                LOGGER.debug( "Verifying availability of {} from {}", local.getFile(), remoteRepositories );
             }
 
-            LOGGER.debug( "Resolving artifact {} from {}", artifact, repos );
+            LOGGER.debug( "Resolving artifact {} from {}", artifact, remoteRepositories );
             AtomicBoolean resolved = new AtomicBoolean( false );
             Iterator<ResolutionGroup> groupIt = groups.iterator();
-            for ( RemoteRepository repo : repos )
+            for ( RemoteRepository repo : remoteRepositories )
             {
                 if ( !repo.getPolicy( artifact.isSnapshot() ).isEnabled() )
                 {
@@ -397,7 +438,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
                 {
                     group = new ResolutionGroup( repo );
                     groups.add( group );
-                    groupIt = Collections.<ResolutionGroup>emptyList().iterator();
+                    groupIt = Collections.emptyIterator();
                 }
                 group.items.add( new ResolutionItem( trace, artifact, resolved, result, local, repo ) );
             }
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolver.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolver.java
index f65f0c2f..cb7c0fe1 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolver.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolver.java
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.RequestTrace;
 import org.eclipse.aether.SyncContext;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.MetadataResolver;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.OfflineController;
+import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RemoteRepositoryFilterManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RemoteRepositoryManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RepositoryConnectorProvider;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RepositoryEventDispatcher;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilter;
 import org.eclipse.aether.spi.synccontext.SyncContextFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.UpdateCheck;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.UpdateCheckManager;
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolver
 
     private OfflineController offlineController;
 
+    private RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager;
+
     public DefaultMetadataResolver()
     {
         // enables default constructor
@@ -105,7 +109,8 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolver
                              UpdateCheckManager updateCheckManager,
                              RepositoryConnectorProvider repositoryConnectorProvider,
                              RemoteRepositoryManager remoteRepositoryManager, SyncContextFactory syncContextFactory,
-                             OfflineController offlineController )
+                             OfflineController offlineController,
+                             RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager )
     {
         setRepositoryEventDispatcher( repositoryEventDispatcher );
         setUpdateCheckManager( updateCheckManager );
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolver
         setRemoteRepositoryManager( remoteRepositoryManager );
         setSyncContextFactory( syncContextFactory );
         setOfflineController( offlineController );
+        setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( remoteRepositoryFilterManager );
     }
 
     public void initService( ServiceLocator locator )
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolver
         setRemoteRepositoryManager( locator.getService( RemoteRepositoryManager.class ) );
         setSyncContextFactory( locator.getService( SyncContextFactory.class ) );
         setOfflineController( locator.getService( OfflineController.class ) );
+        setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( locator.getService( RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.class ) );
     }
 
     public DefaultMetadataResolver setRepositoryEventDispatcher( RepositoryEventDispatcher repositoryEventDispatcher )
@@ -165,6 +172,14 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolver
         return this;
     }
 
+    public DefaultMetadataResolver setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager(
+            RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager )
+    {
+        this.remoteRepositoryFilterManager = requireNonNull( remoteRepositoryFilterManager,
+                "remote repository filter manager cannot be null" );
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public List<MetadataResult> resolveMetadata( RepositorySystemSession session,
                                                  Collection<? extends MetadataRequest> requests )
     {
@@ -194,6 +209,9 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolver
 
         Map<File, Long> localLastUpdates = new HashMap<>();
 
+        RemoteRepositoryFilter remoteRepositoryFilter = remoteRepositoryFilterManager
+                .getRemoteRepositoryFilter( session );
+
         for ( MetadataRequest request : requests )
         {
             RequestTrace trace = RequestTrace.newChild( request.getTrace(), request );
@@ -226,6 +244,13 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolver
                 continue;
             }
 
+            RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result filterResult = remoteRepositoryFilter.acceptMetadata( repository, metadata );
+            if ( !filterResult.isAccepted() )
+            {
+                result.setException( new MetadataNotFoundException( metadata, repository, filterResult.reasoning() ) );
+                continue;
+            }
+
             List<RemoteRepository> repositories = getEnabledSourceRepositories( repository, metadata.getNature() );
 
             if ( repositories.isEmpty() )
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider.java
index e1f0b319..9b4fcac6 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider.java
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RemoteRepositoryFilterManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RepositoryConnectorProvider;
+import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.filter.FilteringRepositoryConnector;
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.Authentication;
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.Proxy;
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
@@ -54,20 +56,25 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider
 
     private Collection<RepositoryConnectorFactory> connectorFactories = new ArrayList<>();
 
+    private RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager;
+
     public DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider()
     {
         // enables default constructor
     }
 
     @Inject
-    DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider( Set<RepositoryConnectorFactory> connectorFactories )
+    DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider( Set<RepositoryConnectorFactory> connectorFactories,
+                                        RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager )
     {
         setRepositoryConnectorFactories( connectorFactories );
+        setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( remoteRepositoryFilterManager );
     }
 
     public void initService( ServiceLocator locator )
     {
-        connectorFactories = locator.getServices( RepositoryConnectorFactory.class );
+        setRepositoryConnectorFactories( locator.getServices( RepositoryConnectorFactory.class ) );
+        setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( locator.getService( RemoteRepositoryFilterManager.class ) );
     }
 
     public DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider addRepositoryConnectorFactory( RepositoryConnectorFactory factory )
@@ -90,6 +97,13 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider
         return this;
     }
 
+    public DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager(
+            RemoteRepositoryFilterManager remoteRepositoryFilterManager )
+    {
+        this.remoteRepositoryFilterManager = requireNonNull( remoteRepositoryFilterManager );
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public RepositoryConnector newRepositoryConnector( RepositorySystemSession session, RemoteRepository repository )
         throws NoRepositoryConnectorException
     {
@@ -137,7 +151,11 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryConnectorProvider
                     LOGGER.debug( buffer.toString() );
                 }
 
-                return connector;
+                return new FilteringRepositoryConnector(
+                        repository,
+                        connector,
+                        remoteRepositoryFilterManager.getRemoteRepositoryFilter( session )
+                );
             }
             catch ( NoRepositoryConnectorException e )
             {
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9eeb289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+package org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.filter;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RemoteRepositoryFilterManager;
+import org.eclipse.aether.impl.RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilterSource;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of remote repository filter manager.
+ *
+ * @since TBD
+ */
+@Singleton
+@Named
+public final class DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager
+        implements RemoteRepositoryFilterManager
+{
+    private static final String INSTANCE_KEY = "aether.remoteRepositoryFilter.instance";
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager.class );
+
+    private final Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilterSource> sources;
+
+    /**
+     * SL enabled ctor.
+     *
+     * @deprecated for SL and testing purposes only.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager()
+    {
+        this.sources = new HashMap<>();
+        StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource staticSource = new StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource();
+        sources.put( staticSource.getId(), staticSource );
+    }
+
+    @Inject
+    public DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilterSource> sources )
+    {
+        this.sources = requireNonNull( sources );
+        LOGGER.debug( "Available filter sources: {}", sources.keySet() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter getRemoteRepositoryFilter( RepositorySystemSession session )
+    {
+        return (RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter) session.getData().computeIfAbsent( INSTANCE_KEY, () ->
+                {
+                    LOGGER.debug( "Creating managed filter with participants={}", sources.keySet() );
+                    return new RemoteRepositoryManagedFilterImpl(
+                            sources.values().stream().collect(
+                                    Collectors.toMap(
+                                            RemoteRepositoryFilterSource::getId,
+                                            s -> s.getRemoteRepositoryFilter( session ) ) ) );
+                }
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static class RemoteRepositoryManagedFilterImpl implements RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter
+    {
+        private final Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilter> participants;
+
+        RemoteRepositoryManagedFilterImpl( Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilter> participants )
+        {
+            this.participants = Collections.unmodifiableMap( participants );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilter> getParticipants()
+        {
+            return participants;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ManagedResult acceptArtifact( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Artifact artifact )
+        {
+            return new Consensus( participants.entrySet().stream()
+                    .collect( Collectors.toMap(
+                            Map.Entry::getKey,
+                            e -> e.getValue().acceptArtifact( remoteRepository, artifact ) ) ) );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ManagedResult acceptMetadata( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Metadata metadata )
+        {
+            return new Consensus( participants.entrySet().stream()
+                    .collect( Collectors.toMap(
+                            Map.Entry::getKey,
+                            e -> e.getValue().acceptMetadata( remoteRepository, metadata ) ) ) );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class Consensus implements RemoteRepositoryManagedFilter.ManagedResult
+    {
+        private final Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result> results;
+
+        private final boolean accepted;
+
+        private final String reasoning;
+
+        Consensus( Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result> results )
+        {
+            this.results = Collections.unmodifiableMap( results );
+            if ( results.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                this.accepted = true;
+                this.reasoning = "No votes";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                this.accepted = results.values().stream().allMatch( RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result::isAccepted );
+                this.reasoning = results.values().stream().filter( r -> !r.isAccepted() ).map(
+                        RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result::reasoning ).collect(
+                        Collectors.joining( "; " ) );
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result> getVotes()
+        {
+            return results;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isAccepted()
+        {
+            return accepted;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String reasoning()
+        {
+            return reasoning;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/FilteringRepositoryConnector.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/FilteringRepositoryConnector.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03773975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/FilteringRepositoryConnector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+package org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.filter;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.ArtifactDownload;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.ArtifactUpload;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.MetadataDownload;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.MetadataUpload;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.RepositoryConnector;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transfer.ArtifactNotFoundException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transfer.MetadataNotFoundException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+/**
+ * A filtering connector that filter transfers using remote repository filter and delegates to another connector.
+ *
+ * @since TBD
+ */
+public final class FilteringRepositoryConnector
+        implements RepositoryConnector
+{
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( FilteringRepositoryConnector.class );
+
+    private final RemoteRepository remoteRepository;
+
+    private final RepositoryConnector repositoryConnector;
+
+    private final RemoteRepositoryFilter remoteRepositoryFilter;
+
+    public FilteringRepositoryConnector( RemoteRepository remoteRepository,
+                                         RepositoryConnector repositoryConnector,
+                                         RemoteRepositoryFilter remoteRepositoryFilter )
+    {
+        this.remoteRepository = requireNonNull( remoteRepository );
+        this.repositoryConnector = requireNonNull( repositoryConnector );
+        this.remoteRepositoryFilter = requireNonNull( remoteRepositoryFilter );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close()
+    {
+        repositoryConnector.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void get( Collection<? extends ArtifactDownload> artifactDownloads,
+                     Collection<? extends MetadataDownload> metadataDownloads )
+    {
+        List<ArtifactDownload> filteredArtifactDownloads = null;
+        if ( artifactDownloads != null && !artifactDownloads.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            filteredArtifactDownloads = new ArrayList<>( artifactDownloads.size() );
+            for ( ArtifactDownload artifactDownload : artifactDownloads )
+            {
+                RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result result = remoteRepositoryFilter.acceptArtifact(
+                        remoteRepository, artifactDownload.getArtifact() );
+                if ( result.isAccepted() )
+                {
+                    filteredArtifactDownloads.add( artifactDownload );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    String explain = result.reasoning();
+                    LOGGER.debug( "Filtered out artifact {} from {}, reason: {}",
+                            artifactDownload.getArtifact(), remoteRepository, explain );
+                    artifactDownload.setException( new ArtifactNotFoundException( artifactDownload.getArtifact(),
+                            remoteRepository, explain ) );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        List<MetadataDownload> filteredMetadataDownloads = null;
+        if ( metadataDownloads != null && !metadataDownloads.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            filteredMetadataDownloads = new ArrayList<>( metadataDownloads.size() );
+            for ( MetadataDownload metadataDownload : metadataDownloads )
+            {
+                RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result result = remoteRepositoryFilter.acceptMetadata(
+                        remoteRepository, metadataDownload.getMetadata() );
+                if ( result.isAccepted() )
+                {
+                    filteredMetadataDownloads.add( metadataDownload );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    String explain = result.reasoning();
+                    LOGGER.debug( "Filtered out metadata {} from {}, reason: {}",
+                            metadataDownload.getMetadata(), remoteRepository, explain );
+                    metadataDownload.setException( new MetadataNotFoundException( metadataDownload.getMetadata(),
+                            remoteRepository, explain ) );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        repositoryConnector.get( filteredArtifactDownloads, filteredMetadataDownloads );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void put( Collection<? extends ArtifactUpload> artifactUploads,
+                     Collection<? extends MetadataUpload> metadataUploads )
+    {
+        repositoryConnector.put( artifactUploads, metadataUploads );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "filtered(" + repositoryConnector.toString() + ")";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cf67aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/filter/StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+package org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.filter;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter.RemoteRepositoryFilterSource;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.ConfigUtils;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+/**
+ * Static remote repository filter source, usable for testing and toying.
+ *
+ * @since TBD
+ */
+@Singleton
+@Named( StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource.NAME )
+public final class StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource
+        implements RemoteRepositoryFilterSource
+{
+    public static final String NAME = "static";
+
+    private static final String CONFIG_PROP_VALUE = "aether.remoteRepositoryFilter.static.value";
+
+    private static final RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result ACCEPTED = new RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result()
+    {
+        @Override
+        public boolean isAccepted()
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String reasoning()
+        {
+            return "Always accepted";
+        }
+    };
+
+    private static final RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result NOT_ACCEPTED = new RemoteRepositoryFilter.Result()
+    {
+        @Override
+        public boolean isAccepted()
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String reasoning()
+        {
+            return "Always rejected";
+        }
+    };
+
+    private static final RemoteRepositoryFilter ALWAYS_ACCEPT_ALL = new RemoteRepositoryFilter()
+    {
+        @Override
+        public Result acceptArtifact( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Artifact artifact )
+        {
+            return ACCEPTED;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Result acceptMetadata( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Metadata metadata )
+        {
+            return ACCEPTED;
+        }
+    };
+
+    private static final RemoteRepositoryFilter NEVER_ACCEPT_ALL = new RemoteRepositoryFilter()
+    {
+        @Override
+        public Result acceptArtifact( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Artifact artifact )
+        {
+            return NOT_ACCEPTED;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Result acceptMetadata( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Metadata metadata )
+        {
+            return NOT_ACCEPTED;
+        }
+    };
+
+    private final String id;
+
+    private final String description;
+
+    @Inject
+    public StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource()
+    {
+        this( NAME );
+    }
+
+    public StaticRemoteRepositoryFilterSource( final String id )
+    {
+        this.id = requireNonNull( id );
+        this.description = "static";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getId()
+    {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription()
+    {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RemoteRepositoryFilter getRemoteRepositoryFilter( RepositorySystemSession session )
+    {
+        return ConfigUtils.getBoolean( session, true, CONFIG_PROP_VALUE )
+                ? ALWAYS_ACCEPT_ALL : NEVER_ACCEPT_ALL;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolverTest.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolverTest.java
index 65ad4880..a13bb8ac 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolverTest.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultArtifactResolverTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.ArtifactProperties;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.UpdateCheckManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.impl.VersionResolver;
+import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.filter.DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.test.util.TestFileProcessor;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.test.util.TestFileUtils;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.test.util.TestLocalRepositoryManager;
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolverTest
         resolver.setRemoteRepositoryManager( new StubRemoteRepositoryManager() );
         resolver.setSyncContextFactory( new StubSyncContextFactory() );
         resolver.setOfflineController( new DefaultOfflineController() );
+        resolver.setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( new DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager() );
 
         artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "gid", "aid", "", "ext", "ver" );
 
@@ -742,7 +744,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolverTest
 
             public LocalRepository getRepository()
             {
-                return null;
+                return new LocalRepository( new File("") );
             }
 
             public String getPathForRemoteMetadata( Metadata metadata, RemoteRepository repository, String context )
@@ -825,7 +827,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolverTest
 
             public LocalRepository getRepository()
             {
-                return null;
+                return new LocalRepository( new File( "" ) );
             }
 
             public String getPathForRemoteMetadata( Metadata metadata, RemoteRepository repository, String context )
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolverTest.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolverTest.java
index 27fec64c..c8378b2e 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolverTest.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultMetadataResolverTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
-import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultMetadataResolver;
+import org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.filter.DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.test.util.TestFileUtils;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.test.util.TestLocalRepositoryManager;
 import org.eclipse.aether.internal.test.util.TestUtils;
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class DefaultMetadataResolverTest
         resolver.setRemoteRepositoryManager( new StubRemoteRepositoryManager() );
         resolver.setSyncContextFactory( new StubSyncContextFactory() );
         resolver.setOfflineController( new DefaultOfflineController() );
+        resolver.setRemoteRepositoryFilterManager( new DefaultRemoteRepositoryFilterManager() );
         repository =
             new RemoteRepository.Builder( "test-DMRT", "default",
                                           TestFileUtils.createTempDir().toURI().toURL().toString() ).build();
diff --git a/maven-resolver-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/spi/connector/filter/RemoteRepositoryFilter.java b/maven-resolver-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/spi/connector/filter/RemoteRepositoryFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c60e960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/spi/connector/filter/RemoteRepositoryFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+
+/**
+ * Remote repository filter that decides should the given artifact or metadata be accepted (for further processing)
+ * from remote repository or not.
+ *
+ * @since TBD
+ */
+public interface RemoteRepositoryFilter
+{
+    /**
+     * The check result, is immutable.
+     */
+    interface Result
+    {
+        /**
+         * Returns {@code true} if accepted.
+         */
+        boolean isAccepted();
+
+        /**
+         * Returns string "reasoning" for {@link #isAccepted()} result, meant for human consumption, never {@code null}.
+         */
+        String reasoning();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decides should artifact be accepted from given remote repository.
+     *
+     * @param remoteRepository The remote repository, not {@code null}.
+     * @param artifact         The artifact, not {@code null}.
+     * @return the result, never {@code null}.
+     */
+    Result acceptArtifact( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Artifact artifact );
+
+    /**
+     * Decides should metadata be accepted from given remote repository.
+     *
+     * @param remoteRepository The remote repository, not {@code null}.
+     * @param metadata         The artifact, not {@code null}.
+     * @return the result, never {@code null}.
+     */
+    Result acceptMetadata( RemoteRepository remoteRepository, Metadata metadata );
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/spi/connector/filter/RemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java b/maven-resolver-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/spi/connector/filter/RemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..163a9674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/spi/connector/filter/RemoteRepositoryFilterSource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.filter;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+
+/**
+ * Remote repository filter source component.
+ *
+ * @since TBD
+ */
+public interface RemoteRepositoryFilterSource
+{
+    /**
+     * The filter configured id, never {@code null}.
+     */
+    String getId();
+
+    /**
+     * The filter description for human consumption, never {@code null}.
+     */
+    String getDescription();
+
+    /**
+     * Provides the filter instance, never {@code null}.
+     */
+    RemoteRepositoryFilter getRemoteRepositoryFilter( RepositorySystemSession session );
+}