}

    public Settings buildSettings() throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {
        File userSettingsFile = getFile(
                "${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml", "user.home", MavenSettingsBuilder.ALT_USER_SETTINGS_XML_LOCATION);

        return buildSettings(userSettingsFile);
    }

    public Settings buildSettings(boolean useCachedSettings) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {

    String ALT_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_LOCATION = "maven.repo.local";

    Settings buildSettings(MavenExecutionRequest request) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException;

    /**
     * @return a <code>Settings</code> object from the user settings file.
     * @throws IOException if any
     * @throws XmlPullParserException if any
     */
    Settings buildSettings() throws IOException, XmlPullParserException;

    /**