return Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE.equals(scope)
                || Artifact.SCOPE_PROVIDED.equals(scope)
                || Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM.equals(scope);
    }

    // TODO let the scope handler deal with this
    private static boolean isRuntimePathElement(final String scope) {
        return Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE.equals(scope) || Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME.equals(scope);
    }

            Properties systemProperties,
            Properties userProperties,
            String... profileIds)
            throws Exception {
        File pomFile = new File(testDirectory, pomPath);
        if (pomFile.isDirectory()) {
            pomFile = new File(pomFile, "pom.xml");
        }

        ProjectBuildingRequest config = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();

        String localRepoUrl =

            Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList("4.0.0", "4.1.0"));

    private static final Pattern EXPRESSION_NAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\$\\{(.+?)}");
    private static final Pattern EXPRESSION_PROJECT_NAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\$\\{(project.+?)}");

    private static final String ILLEGAL_FS_CHARS = "\\/:\"<>|?*";

    private static final String ILLEGAL_VERSION_CHARS = ILLEGAL_FS_CHARS;