/**
         * Sets the repositories to use for resolving the version range.
         *
         * @param repositories the repositories, or {@code null} to use the session's repositories
         * @return this builder, never {@code null}
         */
        public VersionResolverRequestBuilder repositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
            this.repositories = repositories;
            return this;
        }

            return this;
        }

        public VersionResolverRequestBuilder repositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
            this.repositories = repositories;
            return this;
        }

        public VersionResolverRequest build() {
            return new DefaultVersionResolverRequest(session, trace, artifactCoordinates, repositories);
        }

        @Nonnull
        public ArtifactResolverRequestBuilder repositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
            this.repositories = repositories;
            return this;
        }

        @Nonnull
        public ArtifactResolverRequest build() {
            return new DefaultArtifactResolverRequest(session, trace, coordinates, repositories);
        }

        this.pomRepositories = new ArrayList<>();
        this.externalRepositories = Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<>(repositories));
        this.repositories = new ArrayList<>();
        this.repositories.addAll(externalRepositories);
        this.repositoryMerging = repositoryMerging;
        this.repositoryIds = new HashSet<>();
        this.modelPool = modelPool;
    }

                .coordinates(Arrays.asList(coords1, coords2))
                .repositories(repositories1)
                .build();

        ArtifactResolverRequest request2 = builder.session(session)
                .coordinates(Arrays.asList(coords1, coords2))
                .repositories(repositories2)
                .build();

        ArtifactResolverRequest request3 = builder.session(session)

            localRepo = session.getLocalRepository();
            this.repositories = new ArrayList<>(repositories.size());
            for (RemoteRepository repository : repositories) {
                if (repository.isRepositoryManager()) {
                    this.repositories.addAll(repository.getMirroredRepositories());
                } else {
                    this.repositories.add(repository);
                }
            }

 * and validate remote repositories for artifact resolution, dependency collection,
 * model building, and other Maven operations.
 *
 * <p>Implementations of this interface can specify a list of remote repositories
 * to be used during the operation. If no repositories are specified (null),
 * the session's default remote repositories will be used. The repositories

    public List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories() {
        return repositories;
    }

    @Override
    public DefaultPluginVersionRequest setRepositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
        if (repositories != null) {
            this.repositories = Collections.unmodifiableList(repositories);
        } else {
            this.repositories = Collections.emptyList();
        }

        return this;
    }

    public List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories() {
        return repositories;
    }

    @Override
    public DefaultPluginPrefixRequest setRepositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
        if (repositories != null) {
            this.repositories = Collections.unmodifiableList(repositories);
        } else {
            this.repositories = Collections.emptyList();
        }

        return this;
    }

        /**
         * Sets the list of remote repositories to use for resolving dependencies during project building.
         * These repositories will be used in addition to any repositories defined in the project itself.
         *
         * @param repositories the list of remote repositories
         * @return this builder instance
         */
        public ProjectBuilderRequestBuilder repositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {