}
            return buf.toString();
        }
    }

    public ArtifactVersion matchVersion(List<ArtifactVersion> versions) {
        // TODO could be more efficient by sorting the list and then moving along the restrictions in order?

        ArtifactVersion matched = null;
        for (ArtifactVersion version : versions) {
            if (containsVersion(version)) {

     * {@code <groupId>:<artifactId>[:<extension>[:<classifier>]]:<version>}.
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(ArtifactFactory.class).create(...)}.
     *
     * @param coordString the string having "standard" coordinate.
     * @return coordinate used to point to the artifact
     *
     * @see org.apache.maven.api.services.ArtifactCoordinateFactory#create(Session, String)
     */
    @Nonnull

     * The CLI feeds into an execution request so if a particular value is present in the execution request
     * then we will take that over the value coming from the user settings.
     */
    private static Settings adaptSettings(MavenExecutionRequest request) {
        File localRepo = request.getLocalRepositoryPath();

  get as a result.

* Implications for Resolution

** Dependency Resolution

  This one is obvious...we only have access to the repositories using
  the file:// protocol and living on a truly local filesystem when
  offline.

** Plugin Resolution

  This is similar to dependency resolution. Plugin repositories not
  using file:// or not residing on a local (not shared) filesystem will

         * direct dependencies from the request will be merged with the direct dependencies from the root dependency's
         * artifact descriptor, giving higher priority to the dependencies from the request.
         *
         * @param dependencies the direct dependencies, may be {@code null}
         * @return this request for chaining, never {@code null}
         */

        // snapshot timestamp, or some other timestamp later encoded into the metadata.
        // TODO this needs to be repeated here so the merging doesn't interfere with the written metadata
        //  - we'd be much better having a pristine input, and an ongoing metadata for merging instead

        Map<ArtifactRepository, Metadata> previousMetadata = new HashMap<>();
        ArtifactRepository selected = null;