if (file.exists()) {
            lastCheckDate = new Date(file.lastModified());
        } else {
            File touchfile = getTouchfile(artifact);
            lastCheckDate = readLastUpdated(touchfile, getRepositoryKey(repository));
        }

        return (lastCheckDate == null) || policy.checkOutOfDate(lastCheckDate);
    }

    @Override

    }

    @Override
    public String getPathForRemoteMetadata(Metadata metadata, RemoteRepository repository, String context) {
        return getPath(metadata, getRepositoryKey(repository, context));
    }

    String getRepositoryKey(RemoteRepository repository, String context) {
        return repository.getId();
    }

    private String getPath(Metadata metadata, String repositoryKey) {

    }

    @Override
    public String getPathForRemoteMetadata(Metadata metadata, RemoteRepository repository, String context) {
        return getPath(metadata, getRepositoryKey(repository, context));
    }

    String getRepositoryKey(RemoteRepository repository, String context) {
        return repository.getId();
    }

    private String getPath(Metadata metadata, String repositoryKey) {

        assertFalse(updateCheckManager.isUpdateRequired(a, remoteRepository));

        assertNull(
                updateCheckManager.readLastUpdated(touchFile, updateCheckManager.getRepositoryKey(remoteRepository)));

        assertFalse(updateCheckManager.getTouchfile(a).exists());
    }

    @Test
    void testMissingArtifact() throws Exception {

                recessive = src;
            }

            for (Repository element : dominant) {
                Object key = getRepositoryKey(element);
                merged.put(key, element);
            }

            for (Repository element : recessive) {
                Object key = getRepositoryKey(element);
                if (!merged.containsKey(key)) {
                    merged.put(key, element);
                }

        return contributor;
    }

    protected Object getProfileKey(Profile profile) {
        return profile;
    }

    protected Object getRepositoryKey(Repository repository) {
        return getRepositoryBaseKey(repository);
    }

    protected Object getRepositoryBaseKey(RepositoryBase repositoryBase) {
        return repositoryBase;
    }