value = null;
        }

        if (value == null) {
            // The CLI should win for defining properties

            if (properties != null) {
                // We will attempt to get nab a property as a way to specify a parameter
                // to a plugin. My particular case here is allowing the surefire plugin
                // to run a single test so I want to specify that class on the cli as

        if (result != null) {
            return result;
        }

        // second try, refetch all (possibly outdated) metadata that wasn't updated in the first attempt

        if (!request.getRepositorySession().isOffline() && !requests.isEmpty()) {
            DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = new DefaultRepositorySystemSession(request.getRepositorySession());

        }

        ArtifactResolutionResult result = new ArtifactResolutionResult();

        // The root artifact may, or may not be resolved so we need to check before we attempt to resolve.
        // This is often an artifact like a POM that is taken from disk and we already have hold of the
        // file reference. But this may be a Maven Plugin that we need to resolve from a remote repository

            value = null;
        }

        if (value == null) {
            // The CLI should win for defining properties

            if (properties != null) {
                // We will attempt to get nab a property as a way to specify a parameter
                // to a plugin. My particular case here is allowing the surefire plugin
                // to run a single test so I want to specify that class on the cli as

 * their lifecycle is shared as well: once supplied repository system is shut-down, this instance becomes closed as
 * well. Any subsequent {@code getXXX} method invocation attempt will fail with {@link IllegalStateException}.
 */
public class RepositorySystemSupplier implements Supplier<RepositorySystem> {
    private final AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean(false);

            // that the temporary file is in the same file system as the destination because the
            // File.renameTo operation doesn't really work across file systems.
            // So we will attempt to do a File.renameTo for efficiency and atomicity, if this fails
            // then we will use a brute force copy and delete the temporary file.
            if (!temp.renameTo(destination)) {
                try {

          <type>String</type>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>interactiveMode</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            Whether Maven should attempt to interact with the user for input.
          </description>
          <type>boolean</type>
          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>usePluginRegistry</name>

   | the parameter in question.
   |
   | Default: true
  <interactiveMode>true</interactiveMode>
  -->

  <!-- offline
   | Determines whether maven should attempt to connect to the network when executing a build.
   | This will have an effect on artifact downloads, artifact deployment, and others.
   |
   | Default: false
  <offline>false</offline>
  -->

  <!-- pluginGroups

 * know which version of library the class comes from
 */

This document outlines the concerns of a general plugin manager that would be used in conjunction with any Plexus-based application. The following outlined concerns are an attempt to describe what a plugin manager would need to do for Maven and for Nexus.

h2. Concerns for the plugin manager

h3. Resolving the dependencies of a plugin