We propose to add a new implementation of the Location interface, named MavenCentralLocation. This class inherits from URLLocation and merely add constructors to allow specifying artifacts to download from Maven central in the form "groupId:artifactId:version".

Example:

// create a Maven central location with default "jar" extension/packaging
Location<URL> loc = new MavenCentralLocation("org.jppf:jppf-node:5.2.9");
// download from Maven central and copy to the file lib/jppf-node-5.2.9.jar
loc.copyTo(new FileLocation("lib/jppf-node-5.2.9.jar"));

Additionally, the documentation section on the lcoation API should be moved from the "Development guide > Task objects" page to its own page under "Development guide"