&& packagedArtifactFile.exists()
                && isPackagedArtifactUpToDate(project, packagedArtifactFile)) {
            return packagedArtifactFile;
        }

        // Get the matching artifact from the project
        Artifact projectArtifact = findMatchingArtifact(project, artifact);
        if (projectArtifact != null) {
            // If the artifact has been associated to a file, use it

     */
    @Nonnull
    Version resolveVersion(@Nonnull ArtifactCoordinate artifact);

    /**
     * Expands a version range to a list of matching versions, in ascending order.
     * For example, resolves "[3.8,4.0)" to "3.8", "3.8.1", "3.8.2".
     * The returned list of versions is only dependent on the configured repositories and their contents.

        checkPluginVersions(lineage, request, problems);

        // inheritance assembly
        Model resultModel = assembleInheritance(lineage, request, problems);

        // consider caching inherited model

        problems.setSource(resultModel);
        problems.setRootModel(resultModel);

        // model interpolation
        resultModel = interpolateModel(resultModel, request, problems);