Library to handle Java artifact repositories

 Aether is a library for interacting with Java artifact repositories.
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 This involves the specification of local repository formats, remote repository
 formats, workspaces, transports, and artifact resolution.
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 Aether is a dependency of Maven but Aether don't depends on anything Maven
 specific. For instance, with Aether you can specify your dependency metadata
 in a properties files or in a database.