metadata.setRepository(repository);
                selected = repository;
            }
        }
        if (loadMetadata(metadata, localRepository, localRepository, previousMetadata)) {
            metadata.setRepository(null);
            selected = localRepository;
        }

    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public void setRepository(ArtifactRepository remoteRepository) {
        artifact.setRepository(remoteRepository);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public ArtifactRepository getRepository() {
        return artifact.getRepository();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override

    }

    @Override
    public File getFile() {
        return file;
    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactRepository getRepository() {
        return repository;
    }

    @Override
    public void setRepository(ArtifactRepository repository) {
        this.repository = repository;
    }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //

            try {
                getArtifact(artifact, repository, downloadMonitor, force);

                if (artifact.isResolved()) {
                    artifact.setRepository(repository);
                    break;
                }
            } catch (ResourceDoesNotExistException e) {
                // This one we will eat when looking through remote repositories

        Metadata metadata = request.getMetadata();

        String path;
        if (request.getRepository() == null) {
            path = getPathForLocalMetadata(metadata);
        } else {
            path = getPathForRemoteMetadata(metadata, request.getRepository(), request.getContext());
        }

        File file = new File(getRepository().getBasedir(), path);

        LocalMetadataResult result = new LocalMetadataResult(request);

                LocalRepositoryManager lrm = session.getLocalRepositoryManager();
                String path = lrm.getPathForLocalArtifact(artifactRequest.getArtifact());
                artifact.setFile(new File(lrm.getRepository().getBasedir(), path));

                RepositorySystem repoSystem = container.lookup(RepositorySystem.class);
                result = repoSystem.resolveArtifact(session, artifactRequest);