* Describes a version transformation during artifact resolution - "latest" type
 */
@Named("latest")
@Singleton
@Deprecated
public class LatestArtifactTransformation extends AbstractVersionTransformation {

    public void transformForResolve(Artifact artifact, RepositoryRequest request)
            throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException {
        if (Artifact.LATEST_VERSION.equals(artifact.getVersion())) {
            try {

        if (!artifact.isSnapshot()) {
            versioning.release(artifact.getBaseVersion());
        }
        if ("maven-plugin".equals(artifact.getProperty(ArtifactProperties.TYPE, ""))) {
            versioning.latest(artifact.getBaseVersion());
        }

        metadata.versioning(versioning.build());

        return metadata.build();
    }

    @Override
    protected void merge(Metadata recessive) {

@Consumer
public interface VersionResolver extends Service {

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".
     *
     * @param session The repository session, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param artifactCoordinate The artifact coordinate for which the version needs to be resolved, must not be {@code null}

        injectPluginDeclarationFromProject(plugin, project);

        // If there is no version to be found then we need to look in the repository metadata for
        // this plugin and see what's specified as the latest release.
        //
        if (plugin.getVersion() == null) {
            resolvePluginVersion(plugin, session, project);
        }

        return pluginManager.getMojoDescriptor(

    @Inject
    public DefaultArtifactTransformationManager(Map<String, ArtifactTransformation> artifactTransformations) {
        this.artifactTransformations = Stream.of("release", "latest", "snapshot")
                .map(artifactTransformations::get)
                .filter(Objects::nonNull)
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }

                    session,
                    pluginArtifact,
                    "Plugin should declare Maven artifacts in `provided` scope. If the plugin already declares them in `provided` scope, update the maven-plugin-plugin to latest version. Artifacts found with wrong scope: "
                            + mavenArtifacts);
        }
    }

            changed = true;
        } else {
            changed = metadata.merge(this.metadata);
        }

        // beware meta-versions!
        String version = metadata.getVersion();
        if (Artifact.LATEST_VERSION.equals(version) || Artifact.RELEASE_VERSION.equals(version)) {
            // meta-versions are not valid <version/> values...don't write them.
            metadata.setVersion(null);
        }

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(VersionResolver.class).resolve(...)}
     *
     * @param artifact the artifact for which to resolve the version

    String RELEASE_VERSION = "RELEASE";

    String LATEST_VERSION = "LATEST";

    String SNAPSHOT_VERSION = "SNAPSHOT";

    Pattern VERSION_FILE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^(.*)-(\\d{8}\\.\\d{6})-(\\d+)$");

    // TODO into artifactScope handler

    String SCOPE_COMPILE = "compile";

    String SCOPE_COMPILE_PLUS_RUNTIME = "compile+runtime";

    String SCOPE_TEST = "test";

    String SCOPE_RUNTIME = "runtime";

            throws RepositoryMetadataResolutionException {
        RepositoryMetadata metadata;
        // Don't use snapshot metadata for LATEST (which isSnapshot returns true for)
        if (!artifact.isSnapshot() || Artifact.LATEST_VERSION.equals(artifact.getBaseVersion())) {
            metadata = new ArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact);
        } else {