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[sling-org-apache-sling-distribution-api] 01/41: SLING-4144 - split distribution api and core bundles

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rombert pushed a commit to annotated tag org.apache.sling.distribution.api-0.1.0
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commit bd3ed77de20042086a4d327f8d636ba307734959
Author: Tommaso Teofili <to...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Nov 7 15:52:52 2014 +0000

    SLING-4144 - split distribution api and core bundles
    
    git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/contrib/extensions/distribution/api@1637392 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 pom.xml                                            | 129 ++++++++
 .../distribution/agent/DistributionAgent.java      |  70 +++++
 .../agent/DistributionAgentException.java          |  34 +++
 .../DistributionRequestAuthorizationException.java |  28 ++
 .../DistributionRequestAuthorizationStrategy.java  |  43 +++
 .../sling/distribution/agent/package-info.java     |  24 ++
 .../communication/DistributionActionType.java      |  83 ++++++
 .../communication/DistributionParameter.java       |  41 +++
 .../communication/DistributionRequest.java         |  80 +++++
 .../communication/DistributionResponse.java        |  47 +++
 .../distribution/communication/package-info.java   |  24 ++
 .../component/DistributionComponent.java           |  31 ++
 .../component/DistributionComponentFactory.java    | 331 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../component/DistributionComponentProvider.java   |  48 +++
 .../component/ManagedDistributionComponent.java    |  40 +++
 .../sling/distribution/component/package-info.java |  24 ++
 .../distribution/event/DistributionEvent.java      |  45 +++
 .../distribution/event/DistributionEventType.java  |  66 ++++
 .../sling/distribution/event/package-info.java     |  24 ++
 .../packaging/DistributionPackage.java             | 101 +++++++
 .../DistributionPackageExportException.java        |  34 +++
 .../packaging/DistributionPackageExporter.java     |  59 ++++
 .../DistributionPackageImportException.java        |  38 +++
 .../packaging/DistributionPackageImporter.java     |  57 ++++
 .../packaging/DistributionPackageInfo.java         |  56 ++++
 .../packaging/SharedDistributionPackage.java       |  43 +++
 .../sling/distribution/packaging/package-info.java |  24 ++
 .../distribution/queue/DistributionQueue.java      |  92 ++++++
 .../DistributionQueueDistributionStrategy.java     |  55 ++++
 .../queue/DistributionQueueException.java          |  34 +++
 .../distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItem.java  |  69 +++++
 .../queue/DistributionQueueItemSelector.java       |  53 ++++
 .../queue/DistributionQueueItemState.java          |  77 +++++
 .../queue/DistributionQueueProcessor.java          |  39 +++
 .../queue/DistributionQueueProvider.java           |  55 ++++
 .../sling/distribution/queue/package-info.java     |  24 ++
 .../TransportAuthenticationContext.java            |  40 +++
 .../TransportAuthenticationException.java          |  35 +++
 .../TransportAuthenticationProvider.java           |  58 ++++
 .../transport/authentication/package-info.java     |  24 ++
 .../trigger/DistributionRequestHandler.java        |  40 +++
 .../distribution/trigger/DistributionTrigger.java  |  51 ++++
 .../trigger/DistributionTriggerException.java      |  33 ++
 .../sling/distribution/trigger/package-info.java   |  24 ++
 44 files changed, 2427 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a5ef8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+    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.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <!-- P A R E N T   P R O J E C T                                             -->
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>sling</artifactId>
+        <version>22</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <!-- P R O J E C T                                                           -->
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <artifactId>org.apache.sling.distribution.api</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <name>Apache Sling Distribution API</name>
+    <description>
+        The Apache Sling Distribution API bundle provides the APIs for the Sling Content Distribution module
+    </description>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/contrib/extensions/distribution/api</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/contrib/extensions/distribution/api
+        </developerConnection>
+        <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/sling/trunk/contrib/extensions/distribution/api</url>
+    </scm>
+
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <!-- B U I L D                                                               -->
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-sling-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <instructions>
+                        <Bundle-SymbolicName>org.apache.sling.distribution.api</Bundle-SymbolicName>
+                        <Export-Package>
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.component,
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.agent,
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.communication,
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.event,
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.queue,
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.trigger,
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging,
+                            org.apache.sling.distribution.transport.authentication
+                        </Export-Package>
+                    </instructions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <!-- D E P E N D E N C I E S                                                 -->
+    <!-- ======================================================================= -->
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- SLING -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.sling.api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.5.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- SPECs -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.jcr</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcr</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionAgent.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionAgent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dbe7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionAgent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.agent;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;
+import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionResponse;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.DistributionQueue;
+
+/**
+ * A distribution agent is responsible for handling {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}s.
+ * <p/>
+ * This means executing actions of e.g.: a specific {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionActionType}s on
+ * specific path(s) which will resume pulling resources from a certain Sling instance and / or pushing resources to
+ * other instances.
+ */
+@ProviderType
+public interface DistributionAgent extends DistributionComponent {
+
+
+    /**
+     * retrieves the names of the queues for this agent.
+     * @return the list of queue names
+     */
+    Iterable<String> getQueueNames();
+
+    /**
+     * get the agent queue with the given name
+     *
+     * @param name a queue name
+     * @return a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.DistributionQueue} with the given name bound to this agent, if it exists, <code>null</code> otherwise
+     * @throws DistributionAgentException if an error occurs in retrieving the queue
+     */
+    @CheckForNull
+    DistributionQueue getQueue(@Nullable String name) throws DistributionAgentException;
+
+    /**
+     * executes a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}
+     *
+     * @param distributionRequest the distribution request
+     * @param resourceResolver   the resource resolver used for authenticating the request,
+     * @return a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionResponse}
+     * @throws DistributionAgentException if any error happens during the execution of the request or if the authentication fails
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    DistributionResponse execute(@Nonnull ResourceResolver resourceResolver, @Nonnull DistributionRequest distributionRequest) throws DistributionAgentException;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionAgentException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionAgentException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8bb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionAgentException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.agent;
+
+/**
+ * Represents errors happened while {@link DistributionAgent}s do distributions.
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class DistributionAgentException extends Exception {
+
+    public DistributionAgentException(Exception e) {
+        super(e);
+    }
+
+    public DistributionAgentException(String string) {
+        super(string);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionRequestAuthorizationException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionRequestAuthorizationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65dd507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionRequestAuthorizationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.agent;
+
+/**
+ * An {@link Exception} representing failed authorization in execution of a certain {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}
+ */
+public class DistributionRequestAuthorizationException extends Exception {
+    public DistributionRequestAuthorizationException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionRequestAuthorizationStrategy.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionRequestAuthorizationStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c74f164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionRequestAuthorizationStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.agent;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+
+/**
+ * Strategy for authorizing requests
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionRequestAuthorizationStrategy extends DistributionComponent {
+
+    /**
+     * @param resourceResolver   a {@link org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver} representing the calling 'user'
+     * @param distributionRequest a request bringing metadata for getting {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage}s
+     *                           to be exported
+     * @throws DistributionRequestAuthorizationException if the {@link org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver} is
+     *                                                  not authorized to execute the given {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}
+     */
+    void checkPermission(@Nonnull ResourceResolver resourceResolver, @Nonnull DistributionRequest distributionRequest) throws DistributionRequestAuthorizationException;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3f2e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.agent;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionActionType.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionActionType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98d1ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionActionType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.communication;
+
+/**
+ * The type of a specific distribution action, used to decide what to do with specific distribution
+ * items / requests.
+ */
+public enum DistributionActionType {
+
+    /**
+     * Content is added
+     */
+    ADD("Add"),
+
+    /**
+     * Content is deleted
+     */
+    DELETE("Delete"),
+
+    /**
+     * Content is polled
+     */
+    POLL("Poll");
+
+    /**
+     * internal human readable name
+     */
+    private final String name;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a type
+     *
+     * @param name name
+     */
+    private DistributionActionType(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the human readable type name of this type.
+     *
+     * @return the name
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an action type for the given name. if the name cannot be mapped to a enum type or if
+     * it's <code>null</code>, <code>null</code> is returned.
+     *
+     * @param n the name
+     * @return the type or <code>null</code>
+     */
+    public static DistributionActionType fromName(String n) {
+        if (n == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        try {
+            return DistributionActionType.valueOf(n.toUpperCase());
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionParameter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionParameter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ff292b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionParameter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.communication;
+
+/**
+ * HTTP Parameters for distribution
+ */
+public enum DistributionParameter {
+
+    QUEUE("queue"),
+    TYPE("type"),
+    ACTION("action"),
+    PATH("path");
+
+    private final String name;
+
+    DistributionParameter(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a50cbf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.communication;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * A distribution request
+ */
+public class DistributionRequest {
+
+    private final long time;
+
+    private final DistributionActionType action;
+
+    private final String[] paths;
+
+    public DistributionRequest(@Nonnull DistributionActionType action, @Nonnull String[] paths) {
+        this(System.currentTimeMillis(), action, paths);
+    }
+
+    public DistributionRequest(long time, @Nonnull DistributionActionType action, @Nonnull String... paths) {
+        this.time = time;
+        this.action = action;
+        this.paths = paths;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * get the time this distribution request was created
+     *
+     * @return a <code>long</code> representing the distribution request creation time e.g. as returend by {@code System#currentTimeMillis}
+     */
+    public long getTime() {
+        return time;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * get the {@link DistributionActionType} associated with this request
+     *
+     * @return the action as a <code>distributionActionType</code>
+     */
+    public DistributionActionType getAction() {
+        return action;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * get the paths for this distribution request
+     *
+     * @return an array of <code>String</code>s representing the paths
+     */
+    public String[] getPaths() {
+        return paths;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "DistributionRequest{" +
+                "time=" + time +
+                ", action=" + action +
+                ", paths=" + Arrays.toString(paths) +
+                '}';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionResponse.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9027980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/DistributionResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.communication;
+
+/**
+ * A distribution response
+ */
+public class DistributionResponse {
+
+    private final String status;
+    private boolean successful;
+
+    public DistributionResponse(String status, boolean successful) {
+        this.status = status;
+        this.successful = successful;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSuccessful() {
+        return successful;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{\"success\":" + isSuccessful() + ", \"status\":\"" + getStatus() + "\"}";
+    }
+
+    public String getStatus() {
+        return status != null ? status : "done nothing";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3252696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/communication/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.communication;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponent.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e5145b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.component;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+
+/**
+ * Marker interface for Sling Distribution components like: {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.agent.DistributionAgent}s,
+ * {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.trigger.DistributionTrigger}s, {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackageExporter}s
+ * and {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackageImporter}s.
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionComponent {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponentFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponentFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f065e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponentFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.component;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;
+
+/**
+ * factory for {@link DistributionComponent}s
+ */
+@ProviderType
+public interface DistributionComponentFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * the type of the component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_TYPE = "type";
+
+    /**
+     * the name of the component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_NAME = "name";
+
+    /**
+     * type for components referencing OSGi services
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_TYPE_SERVICE = "service";
+
+    /**
+     * component enabled
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_ENABLED = "enabled";
+
+
+    /**
+     * distribution agent component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_AGENT = "agent";
+
+    /**
+     * package exporter component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_PACKAGE_EXPORTER = "packageExporter";
+
+    /**
+     * package importer component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_PACKAGE_IMPORTER = "packageImporter";
+
+    /**
+     * request authorization strategy component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION_STRATEGY = "requestAuthorizationStrategy";
+
+    /**
+     * queue distribution strategy component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_QUEUE_DISTRIBUTION_STRATEGY = "queueDistributionStrategy";
+
+    /**
+     * queue provider component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_QUEUE_PROVIDER = "queueProvider";
+
+    /**
+     * trigger component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_TRIGGER = "trigger";
+
+    /**
+     * package builder component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_PACKAGE_BUILDER = "packageBuilder";
+
+    /**
+     * transport authentication provider component
+     */
+    String COMPONENT_TRANSPORT_AUTHENTICATION_PROVIDER = "transportAuthenticationProvider";
+
+    /**
+     * simple distribution agent type
+     */
+    String AGENT_SIMPLE = "simple";
+
+    /**
+     * service user property
+     */
+    String AGENT_SIMPLE_PROPERTY_SERVICE_NAME = "serviceName";
+
+    /**
+     * 'passive' property for agents (for defining "queueing agents")
+     */
+    String AGENT_SIMPLE_PROPERTY_IS_PASSIVE = "isPassive";
+
+    /**
+     * local package exporter type
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_EXPORTER_LOCAL = "local";
+
+    /**
+     * remote package exporter type
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_EXPORTER_REMOTE = "remote";
+
+    /**
+     * endpoints property
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_EXPORTER_REMOTE_PROPERTY_ENDPOINTS = "endpoints";
+
+    /**
+     * endpoint strategy property
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_EXPORTER_REMOTE_PROPERTY_ENDPOINTS_STRATEGY = "endpoints.strategy";
+
+    /**
+     * no. of items to poll property
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_EXPORTER_REMOTE_PROPERTY_POLL_ITEMS = "poll.items";
+
+    /**
+     * package exporter's agent property
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_EXPORTER_AGENT = "agent";
+
+    /**
+     * local package importer type
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_IMPORTER_LOCAL = "local";
+
+    /**
+     * remote package importer type
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_IMPORTER_REMOTE = "remote";
+
+    /**
+     * endpoints property
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_IMPORTER_REMOTE_PROPERTY_ENDPOINTS = "endpoints";
+
+    /**
+     * endpoint strategy property
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_IMPORTER_REMOTE_PROPERTY_ENDPOINTS_STRATEGY = "endpoints.strategy";
+
+    /**
+     * user property
+     */
+    String TRANSPORT_AUTHENTICATION_PROVIDER_USER = "user";
+
+    /**
+     * username property
+     */
+    String TRANSPORT_AUTHENTICATION_PROVIDER_USER_PROPERTY_USERNAME = "username";
+
+    /**
+     * password property
+     */
+    String TRANSPORT_AUTHENTICATION_PROVIDER_USER_PROPERTY_PASSWORD = "password";
+
+    /**
+     * remote event trigger type
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_REMOTE_EVENT = "remoteEvent";
+
+    /**
+     * remote event endpoint property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_REMOTE_EVENT_PROPERTY_ENDPOINT = "endpoint";
+
+    /**
+     * resource event trigger type
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_RESOURCE_EVENT = "resourceEvent";
+
+    /**
+     * resource event path property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_RESOURCE_EVENT_PROPERTY_PATH = "path";
+
+    /**
+     * scheduled trigger type
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_SCHEDULED_EVENT = "scheduledEvent";
+
+    /**
+     * scheduled trigger action property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_SCHEDULED_EVENT_PROPERTY_ACTION = "action";
+
+    /**
+     * scheduled trigger path property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_SCHEDULED_EVENT_PROPERTY_PATH = "path";
+
+    /**
+     * scheduled trigger seconds property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_SCHEDULED_EVENT_PROPERTY_SECONDS = "seconds";
+
+    /**
+     * chain distribution trigger type
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_DISTRIBUTION_EVENT = "distributionEvent";
+
+    /**
+     * chain distribution path property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_DISTRIBUTION_EVENT_PROPERTY_PATH = "path";
+
+    /**
+     * jcr event trigger type
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_JCR_EVENT = "jcrEvent";
+
+    /**
+     * jcr event trigger path property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_JCR_EVENT_PROPERTY_PATH = "path";
+
+    /**
+     * jcr event trigger service user property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_JCR_EVENT_PROPERTY_SERVICE_NAME = "servicename";
+
+    /**
+     * jcr persisting event trigger type
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_PERSISTED_JCR_EVENT = "persistedJcrEvent";
+
+    /**
+     * jcr persisting event trigger path property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_PERSISTED_JCR_EVENT_PROPERTY_PATH = "path";
+
+    /**
+     * jcr persisting event trigger service user property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_PERSISTED_JCR_EVENT_PROPERTY_SERVICE_NAME = "servicename";
+
+    /**
+     * jcr persisting event trigger nuggets path property
+     */
+    String TRIGGER_PERSISTED_JCR_EVENT_PROPERTY_NUGGETS_PATH = "nuggetsPath";
+
+    /**
+     * privilege request authorization strategy type
+     */
+    String REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION_STRATEGY_PRIVILEGE = "privilege";
+
+    /**
+     * privilege request authorization strategy jcr privilege property
+     */
+    String REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION_STRATEGY_PRIVILEGE_PROPERTY_JCR_PRIVILEGE = "jcrPrivilege";
+
+    /**
+     * file vault package builder type
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_BUILDER_FILEVLT = "vlt";
+
+    /**
+     * import mode property for file vault package builder
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_BUILDER_FILEVLT_IMPORT_MODE = "importMode";
+
+    /**
+     * ACL handling property for file vault package builder
+     */
+    String PACKAGE_BUILDER_FILEVLT_ACLHANDLING = "aclHandling";
+
+    /**
+     * queue provider job type
+     */
+    String QUEUE_PROVIDER_JOB = "job";
+
+    /**
+     * queue provider simple type
+     */
+    String QUEUE_PROVIDER_SIMPLE = "simple";
+
+    /**
+     * queue distribution strategy single type
+     */
+    String QUEUE_DISTRIBUTION_STRATEGY_SINGLE = "single";
+
+    /**
+     * queue distribution strategy priority type
+     */
+    String QUEUE_DISTRIBUTION_STRATEGY_PRIORITY = "priority";
+
+    /**
+     * queue distribution strategy priority paths property
+     */
+    String QUEUE_DISTRIBUTION_STRATEGY_PRIORITY_PROPERTY_PATHS = "priority.paths";
+
+    /**
+     * create a {@link DistributionComponent}
+     *
+     * @param type              the {@link java.lang.Class} of the component to be created
+     * @param properties        the properties to be supplied for the initialization of the component
+     * @param componentProvider the {@link DistributionComponentProvider} used to eventually
+     *                          wire additional required {@link DistributionComponent}s
+     * @param <ComponentType>   the actual type of the {@link DistributionComponent}
+     *                          to be created
+     * @return a {@link DistributionComponent} of the specified type initialized with given properties or <code>null</code>
+     * if that could not be created
+     */
+    @CheckForNull
+    <ComponentType extends DistributionComponent> ComponentType createComponent(@Nonnull java.lang.Class<ComponentType> type,
+                                                                               @Nonnull Map<String, Object> properties,
+                                                                               @Nullable DistributionComponentProvider componentProvider);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponentProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponentProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8479a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/DistributionComponentProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.component;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+
+/**
+ * provider for already existing {@link DistributionComponent}s
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionComponentProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves an already existing component by name.
+     * If <code>null</code> is passed as componentName then a default component is returned.
+     *
+     * @param type            the {@link java.lang.Class} of the component to be retrieved
+     * @param componentName   the component name
+     * @param <ComponentType> the actual type of the {@link DistributionComponent}
+     *                        to be retrieved
+     * @return the {@link DistributionComponent} of the specified type,
+     * with the specified name, or <code>null</code> if such a {@link DistributionComponent}
+     * doesn't exist
+     */
+    @CheckForNull
+    <ComponentType extends DistributionComponent> ComponentType getComponent(@Nonnull java.lang.Class<ComponentType> type,
+                                                                            @Nullable String componentName);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/ManagedDistributionComponent.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/ManagedDistributionComponent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23acf0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/ManagedDistributionComponent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.component;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+
+/**
+ * A managed {@link DistributionComponent} is a component which requires explicit
+ * initialization and releasing of its underlying (and implementation specific) resources.
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface ManagedDistributionComponent {
+
+    /**
+     * Enable the component
+     */
+    void enable();
+
+    /**
+     * Disable the component
+     */
+    void disable();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d50ff91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/component/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.component;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/DistributionEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/DistributionEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..964fa86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/DistributionEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.event;
+
+import java.util.Dictionary;
+
+import org.osgi.service.event.Event;
+
+/**
+ * A distribution related event
+ */
+public class DistributionEvent extends Event {
+
+    public static final String EVENT_TOPIC = "org/apache/sling/distribution/event";
+
+    public DistributionEvent(DistributionEventType type, Dictionary<?, ?> properties) {
+        super(getTopic(type), properties);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * get the topic for a certain event type
+     *
+     * @param type the {@link DistributionEventType} to get the topic for
+     * @return the topic for the given event type
+     */
+    public static String getTopic(DistributionEventType type) {
+        return EVENT_TOPIC + '/' + type.name();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/DistributionEventType.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/DistributionEventType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b424f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/DistributionEventType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.event;
+
+/**
+ * an enum of the possible types of events related to distribution
+ */
+public enum DistributionEventType {
+
+    /**
+     * event for package created
+     */
+    PACKAGE_CREATED,
+
+    /**
+     * event for package queued
+     */
+    PACKAGE_QUEUED,
+
+    /**
+     * event for package replicated
+     */
+    PACKAGE_DISTRIBUTED,
+
+    /**
+     * event for package installed
+     */
+    PACKAGE_INSTALLED,
+
+    /**
+     * event for package imported
+     */
+    PACKAGE_IMPORTED,
+
+    /**
+     * event for agent created
+     */
+    AGENT_CREATED,
+
+    /**
+     * event for agent modified
+     */
+    AGENT_MODIFIED,
+
+    /**
+     * event for agent deleted
+     */
+    AGENT_DELETED
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5382163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/event/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.event;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackage.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae32dc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+
+/**
+ * A distribution package
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionPackage extends Serializable {
+
+    /**
+     * get package id. the id is a unique string that can be used to retrieve
+     * the package from an {@link DistributionPackageExporter}
+     *
+     * @return the package id
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    String getId();
+
+    /**
+     * get the paths covered by this package
+     *
+     * @return an array of paths
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    String[] getPaths();
+
+    /**
+     * get the action this package is used for
+     *
+     * @return the action
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    String getAction();
+
+    /**
+     * get the type of package
+     *
+     * @return the package type
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    String getType();
+
+    /**
+     * creates a package stream.
+     * a new stream is created for each call and it is the caller's obligation to close the stream.
+     *
+     * @return an {@link InputStream}
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * get package stream length
+     *
+     * @return the package length
+     */
+    long getLength();
+
+    /**
+     * releases all resources associated with this package
+     */
+    void delete();
+
+
+    /**
+     * gets an additional info holder for this package.
+     * The additional info object contains control information rather than content information.
+     * For example info.origin can be used to skip distributing back to the originating endpoint.
+     * It should not be be serialized between instances as its main purpose is to allow
+     * inter component communication on the same instance.
+     * @return the associated metadata to this package
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    DistributionPackageInfo getInfo();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageExportException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageExportException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b225686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageExportException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+/**
+ * This represents an error happening while exporting a {@link DistributionPackage}
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class DistributionPackageExportException extends Exception {
+
+    public DistributionPackageExportException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public DistributionPackageExportException(Throwable t) {
+        super(t);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageExporter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageExporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc2bfd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageExporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link DistributionPackageExporter ) is responsible of exporting
+ * {@link DistributionPackage }s to be then imported by a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.agent.DistributionAgent }
+ * (via a {@link DistributionPackageImporter }).
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionPackageExporter extends DistributionComponent {
+
+    /**
+     * Exports the {@link DistributionPackage}s built from the
+     * passed {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}.
+     *
+     * @param resourceResolver   - the resource resolver used to export the packages
+     * @param distributionRequest - the request containing the information about which content is to be exported
+     * @return a <code>List</code> of {@link DistributionPackage}s
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    List<DistributionPackage> exportPackages(@Nonnull ResourceResolver resourceResolver, @Nonnull DistributionRequest distributionRequest) throws DistributionPackageExportException;
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a {@link DistributionPackage} given its 'id', if it already exists.
+     *
+     * @param resourceResolver     - the resource resolver use to obtain the package.
+     * @param distributionPackageId - the id of the package to be retrieved
+     * @return a {@link DistributionPackage} if available, <code>null</code> otherwise
+     */
+    @CheckForNull
+    DistributionPackage getPackage(@Nonnull ResourceResolver resourceResolver, @Nonnull String distributionPackageId);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageImportException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageImportException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e22ec91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageImportException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+/**
+ * This represents an error happening while importing a {@link DistributionPackage}
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class DistributionPackageImportException extends Exception {
+
+    public DistributionPackageImportException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public DistributionPackageImportException(Throwable t) {
+        super(t);
+    }
+
+    public DistributionPackageImportException(String message, Exception e) {
+        super(message, e);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageImporter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageImporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a175198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageImporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link DistributionPackageImporter} is responsible for importing
+ * {@link DistributionPackage}s into the resource tree.
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionPackageImporter extends DistributionComponent {
+
+    /**
+     * Imports the given distribution package into the underlying system
+     *
+     * @param resourceResolver   - the resource resolver used to import the resources
+     * @param distributionPackage - the package to be imported
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the import succeeded, <code>false</code> otherwise
+     * @throws DistributionPackageImportException if any error occurs during import
+     */
+    boolean importPackage(@Nonnull ResourceResolver resourceResolver, @Nonnull DistributionPackage distributionPackage) throws DistributionPackageImportException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tries to convert an {@link java.io.InputStream} to a {@link DistributionPackage} and then imports it into the underlying system
+     *
+     * @param resourceResolver - the resource resolver used to read the package
+     * @param stream           the {@link InputStream} of the package to be converted and installed
+     * @return a {@link DistributionPackage} if the stream has been successfully converted and installed
+     * @throws DistributionPackageImportException when the stream cannot be read as a {@link DistributionPackage} and installed
+     */
+    @CheckForNull
+    DistributionPackage importStream(@Nonnull ResourceResolver resourceResolver, @Nonnull InputStream stream) throws DistributionPackageImportException;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageInfo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..326ed8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/DistributionPackageInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+
+/**
+ * Additional information about a package.
+ * Additional information is optional and components should expect every piece of it to be null.
+ */
+public class DistributionPackageInfo {
+
+    private String origin;
+
+    /**
+     * retrieves the origin of the package.
+     * @return the package origin
+     */
+    public String getOrigin() {
+        return origin;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * sets the origin of the package.
+     * @param origin the originating instance of this package
+     */
+    public void setOrigin(String origin) {
+        this.origin = origin;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * fills the current info object from the provided one.
+     * @param packageInfo package metadata
+     */
+    public void fillInfo(DistributionPackageInfo packageInfo) {
+        if (packageInfo != null) {
+            this.setOrigin(packageInfo.getOrigin());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/SharedDistributionPackage.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/SharedDistributionPackage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc2130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/SharedDistributionPackage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link DistributionPackage} that offers basic reference counting
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface SharedDistributionPackage extends DistributionPackage {
+
+
+    /**
+     * acquire a reference to this package and increase the reference count.
+     */
+    void acquire(@Nonnull String holderName);
+
+    /**
+     * release a reference to this package and decrease the reference count.
+     * when no more references are hold the package <code>delete</code> method is called.
+     */
+    void release(@Nonnull String holderName);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0a3160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/packaging/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueue.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8999408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+
+/**
+ * a queue for handling {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.agent.DistributionAgent}s' requests
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionQueue {
+
+    /**
+     * get this queue name
+     *
+     * @return queue name as a <code>String</code>
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * add a distribution item to this queue
+     *
+     * @param item a distribution item representing the package to distribute
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the distribution item was added correctly to the queue,
+     * <code>false</code otherwise
+     */
+    boolean add(@Nonnull DistributionQueueItem item);
+
+    /**
+     * get the status of a certain item in the queue
+     *
+     * @param item the distribution item to get the status for
+     * @return the item status in the queue
+     * @throws DistributionQueueException if any error occurs while getting the status
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    DistributionQueueItemState getStatus(@Nonnull DistributionQueueItem item)
+            throws DistributionQueueException;
+
+    /**
+     * get the first item (FIFO wise, the next to be processed) into the queue
+     *
+     * @return the first item into the queue or <code>null</code> if the queue is empty
+     */
+    @CheckForNull
+    DistributionQueueItem getHead();
+
+    /**
+     * check if the queue is empty
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the queue is empty, <code>false</code> otherwise
+     */
+    boolean isEmpty();
+
+    /**
+     * get the items in the queue
+     *
+     * @param queueItemSelector represents the criteria to filter queue items.
+     *                          if null is passed then all items are returned.
+     * @return a <code>Iterable</code> of {@link DistributionQueueItem}s
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    Iterable<DistributionQueueItem> getItems(@Nullable DistributionQueueItemSelector queueItemSelector);
+
+    /**
+     * remove an item from the queue by specifying its id
+     *
+     * @param id <code>String</code> representing an item's identifier
+     */
+    void remove(@Nonnull String id);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueDistributionStrategy.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueDistributionStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0fbf32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueDistributionStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage;
+
+/**
+ * a {@link DistributionQueueDistributionStrategy} implements an algorithm for the distribution of
+ * {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage}s among the available queues
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionQueueDistributionStrategy extends DistributionComponent {
+    String DEFAULT_QUEUE_NAME = "default";
+
+    /**
+     * synchronously distribute a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage}
+     * to one or more {@link DistributionQueue}s provided by the given {@link DistributionQueueProvider}
+     *
+     * @param distributionPackage          a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage} to distribute
+     * @param queueProvider the {@link DistributionQueueProvider} used to provide the queues to be used for the given package
+     * @return <code>true</code> if addition was successful, <code>false</code> otherwise
+     * @throws DistributionQueueException if any internal error happens during distribution
+     */
+    boolean add(@Nonnull DistributionPackage distributionPackage, @Nonnull DistributionQueueProvider queueProvider) throws DistributionQueueException;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the queue names available for this strategy.
+     * @return a list of queue names
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    List<String> getQueueNames();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5d7520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+/**
+ * Represents errors happening during queue operations
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class DistributionQueueException extends Exception {
+
+    public DistributionQueueException(String message, Exception e) {
+        super(message, e);
+    }
+
+    public DistributionQueueException(String string) {
+        super(string);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItem.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42f570f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackageInfo;
+
+/**
+ * An item in a {@link DistributionQueue}
+ * <p/>
+ * This is basically a proxy to {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage} designed to avoid having
+ * to keep the package {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage#createInputStream() stream} into
+ * the queues.
+ */
+public class DistributionQueueItem {
+
+    private final String id;
+
+    private final String[] paths;
+
+    private final String action;
+
+    private final String type;
+
+    private final DistributionPackageInfo packageInfo;
+
+    public DistributionQueueItem(String id, String[] paths, String action, String type, DistributionPackageInfo packageInfo) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.paths = paths;
+        this.action = action;
+        this.type = type;
+        this.packageInfo = packageInfo;
+    }
+
+    public String getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public String[] getPaths() {
+        return paths;
+    }
+
+    public String getAction() {
+        return action;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    public DistributionPackageInfo getPackageInfo() {
+        return packageInfo;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItemSelector.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItemSelector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e52c863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItemSelector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+/**
+ * Class representing criteria for queue items selection.
+ */
+public class DistributionQueueItemSelector {
+    private final int skip;
+    private final int limit;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param skip the number of items to skip
+     * @param limit the maximum number of items to return. use -1 to return all items.
+     */
+    public DistributionQueueItemSelector(int skip, int limit) {
+        this.skip = skip;
+        this.limit = limit;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the number of items to skip from the queue.
+     */
+    public int getSkip() {
+        return skip;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return return the maximum number of items to be selected.
+     */
+    public int getLimit() {
+        return limit;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItemState.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItemState.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afdb0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueItemState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+
+/**
+ * the current status of a certain item in a {@link DistributionQueue}
+ */
+
+public class DistributionQueueItemState {
+
+    private final int attempts;
+
+    private final ItemState state;
+
+    private final Calendar entered;
+
+    public DistributionQueueItemState(Calendar entered, ItemState state, int attempts) {
+
+        this.entered = entered;
+        this.state = state;
+        this.attempts = attempts;
+    }
+
+    public DistributionQueueItemState(ItemState state) {
+        this(Calendar.getInstance(), state, 0);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSuccessful() {
+        return ItemState.SUCCEEDED.equals(state);
+    }
+
+    public int getAttempts() {
+        return attempts;
+    }
+
+    public ItemState getItemState() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{\"attempts\":\"" + attempts + "\",\"" + "successful\":\"" + isSuccessful() + "\",\"" + "state\":\"" + state + "\"}";
+    }
+
+    public Calendar getEntered() {
+        return entered;
+    }
+
+    public enum ItemState {
+        QUEUED, // waiting in queue after adding or for restart after failing
+        ACTIVE, // job is currently in processing
+        SUCCEEDED, // processing finished successfully
+        STOPPED, // processing was stopped by a user
+        GIVEN_UP, // number of retries reached
+        ERROR, // processing signaled CANCELLED or throw an exception
+        DROPPED // dropped jobs
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dff45c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+
+/**
+ * Processor of {@link DistributionQueueItem}s
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionQueueProcessor {
+
+    /**
+     * Process an item from a certain <code>distributionQueue</code>
+     *
+     * @param queueName            the name of the <code>distributionQueue</code> to be processed
+     * @param distributionQueueItem the <code>distributionQueueItem</code> to be processed
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the item was successfully processed, <code>false</code> otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean process(@Nonnull String queueName, @Nonnull DistributionQueueItem distributionQueueItem);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80ec410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/DistributionQueueProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+
+/**
+ * A provider for {@link DistributionQueue}s
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionQueueProvider extends DistributionComponent {
+
+    /**
+     * provide a named queue for the given agent
+     *
+     * @param queueName the name of the queue to retrieve
+     * @return a {@link DistributionQueue}
+     * @throws DistributionQueueException if any error happens
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    DistributionQueue getQueue(@Nonnull String queueName) throws DistributionQueueException;
+
+    /**
+     * enables queue driven processing for an agent
+     *
+     * @param queueProcessor the queue processor to be used
+     */
+    void enableQueueProcessing(@Nonnull DistributionQueueProcessor queueProcessor) throws DistributionQueueException;
+
+
+    /**
+     * disables queue driven processing for an agent
+     *
+     */
+    void disableQueueProcessing() throws DistributionQueueException;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70795e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationContext.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1e3c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.transport.authentication;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class TransportAuthenticationContext {
+    private final Map<String, Object> attributes = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public <T> T getAttribute(String name, Class<? extends T> klass) {
+        T result = null;
+        Object object = attributes.get(name);
+        if (klass.isInstance(object)) {
+            result = (T) object;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public <T> void addAttribute(String name, T object) {
+        attributes.put(name, object);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4f7765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.transport.authentication;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an error in transport authentication
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class TransportAuthenticationException extends Exception {
+
+    public TransportAuthenticationException(String string) {
+        super(string);
+    }
+
+    public TransportAuthenticationException(Exception e) {
+        super(e);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6df2d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/TransportAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.transport.authentication;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.transport.authentication.TransportAuthenticationProvider} is responsible for
+ * authentication of instances sending and receiving distribution items via transport algorithms
+ * A {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.transport.authentication.TransportAuthenticationProvider} will authenticate
+ * 'authenticables' objects of type {@link A}, producing 'authenticated' objects of type {@link T}.
+ *
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface TransportAuthenticationProvider<A, T> extends DistributionComponent {
+
+    /**
+     * Check if this provider is able to authenticate objects belonging to given 'authenticable' class.
+     *
+     * @param authenticable class of objects to be authenticated
+     * @return <code>true</code> if this provider can check authentication on instances of this class, <code>false</code>
+     * otherwise
+     */
+    boolean canAuthenticate(Class<A> authenticable);
+
+    /**
+     * Authenticate an 'authenticable' object by performing some implementation specific operation on it, and producing
+     * an 'authenticated' object to be passed back to a transport algorithm.
+     * The returned 'authenticated' object may be of the same class of the 'authenticable' object (e.g. passing an 'authenticable'
+     * http client and returning an 'authenticated' http client) or of a different class (e.g. passing an 'authenticable'
+     * jcr repository and returning an 'authenticated' jcr session).
+     *
+     * @param authenticable class of objects to be authenticated
+     * @param context       authentication context holding authentication information
+     * @return an 'authenticated' object to be used by the transport
+     * @throws TransportAuthenticationException
+     */
+    T authenticate(A authenticable, TransportAuthenticationContext context)
+            throws TransportAuthenticationException;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de83a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/transport/authentication/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.transport.authentication;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionRequestHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionRequestHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d77435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionRequestHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.trigger;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest;
+
+/**
+ * An handler for {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}s passed to a
+ * {@link DistributionTrigger}
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionRequestHandler {
+
+    /**
+     * handle the request according to the trigger implementation.
+     *
+     * @param request a distribution request
+     */
+    void handle(@Nonnull DistributionRequest request);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionTrigger.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionTrigger.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53b9fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionTrigger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.trigger;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;
+import org.apache.sling.distribution.component.DistributionComponent;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link DistributionTrigger} is responsible to trigger
+ * {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}s upon certain 'events' (e.g. Sling / Jcr events,
+ * periodic polling, etc.).
+ * A {@link DistributionTrigger} is meant to be stateless so that more than one
+ * {@link DistributionRequestHandler} can be registered into the same trigger.
+ */
+@ConsumerType
+public interface DistributionTrigger extends DistributionComponent {
+
+    /**
+     * register a request handler to be triggered and returns a corresponding registration id
+     *
+     * @param requestHandler handler
+     * @throws DistributionTriggerException if registration fails
+     */
+    void register(@Nonnull DistributionRequestHandler requestHandler) throws DistributionTriggerException;
+
+    /**
+     * unregister the given handler, if existing
+     *
+     * @param requestHandler handler to unregister
+     * @throws DistributionTriggerException if unregistration fails
+     */
+    void unregister(@Nonnull DistributionRequestHandler requestHandler) throws DistributionTriggerException;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionTriggerException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionTriggerException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c91cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionTriggerException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.trigger;
+
+/**
+ * Exception representing errors during (un)registration of {@link DistributionTrigger}s
+ */
+public class DistributionTriggerException extends Exception {
+
+    public DistributionTriggerException(String message, Throwable throwable) {
+        super(message, throwable);
+    }
+
+    public DistributionTriggerException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd7c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+@Version("0.1.0")
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.trigger;
+
+import aQute.bnd.annotation.Version;
+

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