artifacts = new LinkedHashSet<>();

            for (Dependency dependency : dependencies) {
                Artifact dependencyArtifact = createDependencyArtifact(dependency, artifact, pomArtifact);

                if (dependencyArtifact != null) {
                    artifacts.add(dependencyArtifact);
                }
            }
        }

        d.setGroupId("org.apache.maven.its");
        d.setArtifactId("b");
        d.setVersion("0.1");
        d.setScope(Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE);
        Artifact artifact = repositorySystem.createDependencyArtifact(d);

        ArtifactResolutionRequest request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest()
                .setArtifact(artifact)
                .setResolveRoot(true)
                .setResolveTransitively(true)

                new DefaultRepositoryLayout(),
                new ArtifactRepositoryPolicy(),
                new ArtifactRepositoryPolicy());
    }

    @Override
    public Artifact createDependencyArtifact(Dependency dependency) {
        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact(
                dependency.getGroupId(),
                dependency.getArtifactId(),
                dependency.getVersion(),

                    /* don't call createDependencyArtifact as it'll ignore test and provided scopes */
                    artifact = artifactFactory.createArtifact(
                            d.getGroupId(), d.getArtifactId(), d.getVersion(), d.getScope(), d.getType());
                } else {
                    artifact = artifactFactory.createDependencyArtifact(
                            d.getGroupId(),

        return artifactFactory.createProjectArtifact(groupId, artifactId, metaVersionId);
    }

    @Override
    public Artifact createDependencyArtifact(Dependency d) {
        VersionRange versionRange;
        try {
            versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(d.getVersion());
        } catch (InvalidVersionSpecificationException e) {