* The returned list of versions is only dependent on the configured repositories and their contents.
     * The supplied request may also refer to a single concrete version rather than a version range.
     * In this case though, the result contains simply the (parsed) input version, regardless of the
     * repositories and their contents.
     *
     * @param artifact the artifact for which to resolve the versions

                }
                buffer.append(item);
            }
            return buffer.toString();
        }

        /**
         * Return the contents in the same format that is used when you call toString() on a List.
         */
        private String toListString() {
            StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
            buffer.append("[");

    1.9. "Modifications" means the Source Code and Executable form of
    any of the following:

    A. Any file that results from an addition to, deletion from or
    modification of the contents of a file containing Original Software
    or previous Modifications;

    B. Any new file that contains any part of the Original Software or
    previous Modification; or

            int hash = (auth.getUsername() + auth.getPassword()).hashCode();
            buffer.append(hash).append('@');
        }

        // consider the URL (instead of the id) as this most closely relates to the contents in the repo
        buffer.append(repository.getUrl());

        return buffer.toString();
    }

    private void writeLastUpdated(File touchfile, String key, String error) {

        this.deepMerge = deepMerge;
    }

    /**
     * Merges the specified source object into the given target object.
     *
     * @param target The target object whose existing contents should be merged with the source, must not be
     *            <code>null</code>.
     * @param source The (read-only) source object that should be merged into the target object, may be
     *            <code>null</code>.