}

    private Artifact createTestPomArtifact(String directory) throws IOException {
        File testData = getTestFile(directory);
        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(testData);
        testData.mkdirs();

        Artifact artifact = artifactFactory.createProjectArtifact("test", "test", "1.0");
        artifact.setFile(new File(testData, "test-1.0.pom"));

        // directory, so we shouldn't try to delete the directory as it will probably fail.
        if (exceptions == null) {
          dir.deleteDirectory(path);
        }
      } else {
        dir.deleteFile(path);
      }

      return exceptions;
    } catch (IOException e) {
      return addException(exceptions, e);
    }
  }

        // directory, so we shouldn't try to delete the directory as it will probably fail.
        if (exceptions == null) {
          dir.deleteDirectory(path);
        }
      } else {
        dir.deleteFile(path);
      }

      return exceptions;
    } catch (IOException e) {
      return addException(exceptions, e);
    }
  }