Artifact createPluginArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionRange versionRange);

    Artifact createProjectArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String scope);

    Artifact createExtensionArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionRange versionRange);

    public Artifact createProjectArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String scope) {
        return createArtifact(groupId, artifactId, version, scope, "pom");
    }

    public Artifact createExtensionArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionRange versionRange) {
        return createArtifact(groupId, artifactId, versionRange, "jar", null, Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME, null);
    }

    private Artifact createArtifact(

            }

            artifact.setDependencyFilter(new ExcludesArtifactFilter(exclusions));
        }

        return artifact;
    }

    public Artifact createExtensionArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version) {
        VersionRange versionRange;
        try {
            versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(version);

            artifact.setDependencyFilter(new ExclusionArtifactFilter(d.getExclusions()));
        }

        return artifact;
    }

    // DefaultProjectBuilder
    public Artifact createExtensionArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version) {
        VersionRange versionRange;
        try {
            versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(version);