*                           are needed, for instance the following code will work
     *                           <code>artifactFactory.createProjectArtifact( "org.apache.maven", "maven", "" )</code>
     * @param localRepository    local repository
     * @param remoteRepositories remote repositories, {@link List} $lt; {@link ArtifactRepository} &gt;

    Artifact createArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String packaging);

    Artifact createArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String scope, String type);

    Artifact createProjectArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version);

    Artifact createArtifactWithClassifier(
            String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String type, String classifier);