injectPluginDeclarationFromProject(plugin, project);

        // If there is no version to be found then we need to look in the repository metadata for
        // this plugin and see what's specified as the latest release.
        //
        if (plugin.getVersion() == null) {
            resolvePluginVersion(plugin, session, project);
        }

        return pluginManager.getMojoDescriptor(

    private static final String MAVEN_METADATA_XML = "maven-metadata.xml";

    private static final String RELEASE = "RELEASE";

    private static final String LATEST = "LATEST";

    private static final String SNAPSHOT = "SNAPSHOT";

    private final MetadataResolver metadataResolver;
    private final SyncContextFactory syncContextFactory;

  anticipate the inevitable network failures that accompany being physically
  disconnected from the network, and adjust it's behavior accordingly.

  It is more than simply understanding that m2 cannot go and check for the
  latest version of some snapshot artifact. If m2 is offline, SCM operations
  cannot succeed; no artifact downloads can take place, regardless of whether
  they are snapshot versions; artifact deployment cannot take place; certain

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(VersionResolver.class).resolve(...)}
     *
     * @param artifact the artifact for which to resolve the version

        // it refers to a snapshot artifact or meta-version.
        // NOTE: Release metadata includes version information about artifacts that have been released, to allow
        // meta-versions like RELEASE and LATEST to resolve, and also to allow retrieval of the range of valid, released
        // artifacts available.
        ArtifactRepositoryPolicy policy = metadata.getPolicy(repository);

        if (!policy.isEnabled()) {

      <description>Versioning information for "groupId/artifactId" or "groupId/artifactId/version" SNAPSHOT</description>
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>latest</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <type>String</type>
          <description>What the last version added to the directory is, including both releases and snapshots ("groupId/artifactId" directory only)</description>
        </field>
        <field>

                -->
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${surefireVersion}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <test>org/junit/tests/AllTests.java</test>
                    <useSystemClassLoader>true</useSystemClassLoader>
                    <enableAssertions>false</enableAssertions>
                </configuration>
                <dependencies>

    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSnapshot() {
        return getBaseVersion() != null
                && (getBaseVersion().endsWith(SNAPSHOT_VERSION)
                        || getBaseVersion().equals(LATEST_VERSION));
    }

    @Override
    public void setResolved(boolean resolved) {
        this.resolved = resolved;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isResolved() {
        return resolved;

            ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataStoreException {
        // TODO currently this is first wins, but really we should take the latest by comparing either the
        // 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

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