} else {
            File touchfile = getTouchfile(artifact);
            lastCheckDate = readLastUpdated(touchfile, getRepositoryKey(repository));
        }

        return (lastCheckDate == null) || policy.checkOutOfDate(lastCheckDate);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isUpdateRequired(RepositoryMetadata metadata, ArtifactRepository repository, File file) {

    }

    public String getUpdatePolicy() {
        return updatePolicy;
    }

    public String getChecksumPolicy() {
        return checksumPolicy;
    }

    public boolean checkOutOfDate(Date lastModified) {
        boolean checkForUpdates = false;

        if (UPDATE_POLICY_ALWAYS.equals(updatePolicy)) {
            checkForUpdates = true;