public ModelValidationResult validate(Model model) {
        ModelValidationResult result = new ModelValidationResult();

        ModelBuildingRequest request =
                new DefaultModelBuildingRequest().setValidationLevel(ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_2_0);

        SimpleModelProblemCollector problems = new SimpleModelProblemCollector(result);

        modelValidator.validateEffectiveModel(model, request, problems);