public static boolean addRepository(IProvisioningAgent agent, String repo) {
  IMetadataRepositoryManager mm = (IMetadataRepositoryManager) agent.getService(IMetadataRepositoryManager.SERVICE_NAME);
  IArtifactRepositoryManager am = (IArtifactRepositoryManager) agent.getService(IArtifactRepositoryManager.SERVICE_NAME);
  if (mm == null || am == null) {
	return false;
  }
		
  try {
	URI uri = new URI(repo);
	mm.addRepository(uri);
	am.addRepository(uri);
	return true;
  } catch (Exception e) {
	return false;
  }
}