url = "file://" + url.substring("file:".length());
        }

        // So now we have an url of the form file://<path>

        // We want to eliminate any relative path nonsense and lock down the path so we
        // need to fully resolve it before any submodules use the path. This can happen
        // when you are using a custom settings.xml that contains a relative path entry

matcher for argument <var>item</var>. * <p/> * This method matches against Object, instead of the generic type T. This is * because the caller of the Matcher does not know at runtime what the type is * (because of type erasure with Java generics). It is down to the implementations * to check the correct type. * * @param item the object against which the matcher is evaluated. * @return <code>true</code> if <var>item</var> matches, otherwise <code>false</code>. * * @see BaseMatcher */ boolean matches(Object...

  repositories are "really" offline, since offline mode is more of a behavior,
  and this will lead to counter-intuitive results. A different feature may exist
  unimplemented, which is to detect when the network is down and provide better
  feedback for that case. However, when offline mode is declared, nothing
  earmarked as remote should be accessed, regardless of whether it is actually
  a physically local resource.

 * thrown away immediately once repository system was created and there is no need for more instances. If new
 * repository system instance needed, new instance of this class must be created. For proper shut down of returned
 * repository system instance(s) use {@link RepositorySystem#shutdown()} method on supplied instance(s).
 * <p>