* {@code settings.xml} file.</p>
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 * @see Repository
 * @see org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings
 */
@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface LocalRepository extends Repository {

    @Nonnull
    Path getPath();

        return artifactDependencies;
    }

    public ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository() {
        return localRepository;
    }

    public MetadataResolutionRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository) {
        this.localRepository = localRepository;

        return this;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated instead use {@link #getRemoteRepositories()}
     */

            RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata,
            List<ArtifactRepository> repositories,
            ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataResolutionException;

    void resolveAlways(
            RepositoryMetadata metadata, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository remoteRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataResolutionException;

    /**

        ArtifactRepository localRepository = localRepository();

        Artifact a = createRemoteArtifact("a", "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT");
        RepositoryMetadata metadata = new ArtifactRepositoryMetadata(a);

        File file = new File(
                localRepository.getBasedir(), localRepository.pathOfLocalRepositoryMetadata(metadata, localRepository));
        file.delete();

    }

    @Override
    public ResolutionGroup retrieve(
            Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories)
            throws ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException {
        return delegate.retrieve(artifact, localRepository, remoteRepositories);
    }

    @Override
    public List<ArtifactVersion> retrieveAvailableVersions(MetadataResolutionRequest request)

    MavenProject buildStandaloneSuperProject(ArtifactRepository localRepository) throws ProjectBuildingException;

    MavenProject buildStandaloneSuperProject(ArtifactRepository localRepository, ProfileManager profileManager)
            throws ProjectBuildingException;

    MavenProject buildWithDependencies(
            File pom,
            ArtifactRepository localRepository,
            ProfileManager globalProfileManager,

     * @param artifact           Artifact to be transformed.
     * @param remoteRepositories the repositories to check
     * @param localRepository    the local repository
     */
    void transformForResolve(
            Artifact artifact, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories, ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException;

    /**

        this.query = query;
    }

    public ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository() {
        return localRepository;
    }

    public void setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository) {
        this.localRepository = localRepository;
    }

    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories() {
        return remoteRepositories;
    }

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository() {
        return localRepository;
    }

    @Override
    public DefaultRepositoryRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository) {
        this.localRepository = localRepository;

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories() {

            ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws ArtifactDeploymentException;

    /**
     * Deploy an artifact from a particular file.
     *
     * @param source the file to deploy
     * @param artifact the artifact definition
     * @param deploymentRepository the repository to deploy to
     * @param localRepository the local repository to install into