// ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    protected MavenProject getProjectWithDependencies(File pom) throws Exception {
        ProjectBuildingRequest configuration = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();
        configuration.setLocalRepository(getLocalRepository());
        configuration.setRemoteRepositories(Arrays.asList(new ArtifactRepository[] {}));
        configuration.setProcessPlugins(true);

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    private ProjectBuildingRequest toRequest(ProjectBuilderConfiguration configuration) {
        DefaultProjectBuildingRequest request = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();

        request.setValidationLevel(ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_2_0);
        request.setResolveDependencies(false);