diff --git a/p2/org.eclipse.cdt.p2/src/org/eclipse/cdt/p2/internal/repo/artifact/InstallDirArtifactRepository.java b/p2/org.eclipse.cdt.p2/src/org/eclipse/cdt/p2/internal/repo/artifact/InstallDirArtifactRepository.java
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index 00000000000..e7f8266755b
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+++ b/p2/org.eclipse.cdt.p2/src/org/eclipse/cdt/p2/internal/repo/artifact/InstallDirArtifactRepository.java
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+package org.eclipse.cdt.p2.internal.repo.artifact;
+
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.artifact.repository.IArtifactDescriptor;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.artifact.repository.IArtifactRequest;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.core.ProvisionException;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.IArtifactKey;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.spi.p2.artifact.repository.AbstractArtifactRepository;
+
+public class InstallDirArtifactRepository extends AbstractArtifactRepository {
+
+	public static String type = InstallDirArtifactRepository.class.getName();
+	private static String version = "1.0.0";
+	private static String description = "Artifact repository managing installed contents";
+	private static String provider = "Eclipse";
+	
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public InstallDirArtifactRepository(String name, URI location, Map properties) {
+		super(name, type, version, location, description, provider, properties);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean contains(IArtifactDescriptor descriptor) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean contains(IArtifactKey key) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public IStatus getArtifact(IArtifactDescriptor descriptor,
+			OutputStream destination, IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public IArtifactDescriptor[] getArtifactDescriptors(IArtifactKey key) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public IArtifactKey[] getArtifactKeys() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public IStatus getArtifacts(IArtifactRequest[] requests,
+			IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public OutputStream getOutputStream(IArtifactDescriptor descriptor)
+			throws ProvisionException {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public IStatus getRawArtifact(IArtifactDescriptor descriptor,
+			OutputStream destination, IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/p2/org.eclipse.cdt.p2/src/org/eclipse/cdt/p2/internal/repo/artifact/InstallDirArtifactRepositoryFactory.java b/p2/org.eclipse.cdt.p2/src/org/eclipse/cdt/p2/internal/repo/artifact/InstallDirArtifactRepositoryFactory.java
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+++ b/p2/org.eclipse.cdt.p2/src/org/eclipse/cdt/p2/internal/repo/artifact/InstallDirArtifactRepositoryFactory.java
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+package org.eclipse.cdt.p2.internal.repo.artifact;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.artifact.repository.IArtifactRepository;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.core.ProvisionException;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.spi.p2.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryFactory;
+
+public class InstallDirArtifactRepositoryFactory extends
+		ArtifactRepositoryFactory {
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@Override
+	public IArtifactRepository create(URI location, String name, String type, Map properties) throws ProvisionException {
+		if (InstallDirArtifactRepository.type.equals(type))
+			return new InstallDirArtifactRepository(name, location, properties);
+		else 
+			return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public IArtifactRepository load(URI location, int flags, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws ProvisionException {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}