public List<ArtifactRepository> getRepositories() {
        if (repositories == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }

        return Collections.unmodifiableList(repositories);
    }

    public MetadataResolutionResult setRepositories(final List<ArtifactRepository> repositories) {
        this.repositories = repositories;

    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRepositories() {
        if (repositories == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }

        return Collections.unmodifiableList(repositories);
    }

    public ArtifactResolutionResult setRepositories(final List<ArtifactRepository> repositories) {
        this.repositories = repositories;

            try {
                ArtifactRequest artifactRequest = new ArtifactRequest();
                artifactRequest.setArtifact(RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(artifact));
                artifactRequest.setRepositories(RepositoryUtils.toRepos(remoteRepositories));

                // Maven 2.x quirk: an artifact always points at the local repo, regardless whether resolved or not

                wantedNature);

        List<MetadataRequest> metadataRequests =
                new ArrayList<>(request.getRepositories().size());

        metadataRequests.add(new MetadataRequest(metadata, null, request.getRequestContext()));

        for (RemoteRepository repository : request.getRepositories()) {
            MetadataRequest metadataRequest = new MetadataRequest(metadata, repository, request.getRequestContext());

        try {
            List<ArtifactRepository> repositories = session.toArtifactRepositories(
                    request.getRepositories() != null ? request.getRepositories() : session.getRemoteRepositories());
            ProjectBuildingRequest req = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest()
                    .setRepositorySession(session.getSession())

     *
     * @return the list of remote repositories, or null if not specified
     */
    @Nullable
    List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories();

    /**
     * Creates a new ProjectBuilderRequest with the specified session and source.
     *
     * @param session the Maven session
     * @param source the source of the project to build

            this.userProperties = request.getUserProperties();
            this.repositoryMerging = request.getRepositoryMerging();
            this.repositories = request.getRepositories();
            this.lifecycleBindingsInjector = request.getLifecycleBindingsInjector();
        }

        public ModelBuilderRequestBuilder session(Session session) {
            this.session = session;

                }

                String prefix = "profiles.profile[" + profile.getId() + "].";

                validateRepositories(problems, profile.getRepositories(), prefix + "repositories.repository");
                validateRepositories(
                        problems, profile.getPluginRepositories(), prefix + "pluginRepositories.pluginRepository");
            }
        }

    public void populateResult(RepositorySystemSession session, ArtifactDescriptorResult result, Model model) {
        ArtifactTypeRegistry stereotypes = session.getArtifactTypeRegistry();

        for (Repository r : model.getRepositories()) {
            result.addRepository(ArtifactDescriptorUtils.toRemoteRepository(r));
        }

        for (org.apache.maven.model.Dependency dependency : model.getDependencies()) {

     *
     * @return the list of remote repositories to use, or {@code null} to use session defaults
     * @see Session#getRemoteRepositories()
     */
    @Nullable
    List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories();

    /**
     * Validates a list of remote repositories to ensure data integrity.
     *
     * <p>This method performs the following validations:
     * <ul>
     *   <li>Allows null input (returns null)</li>