}

    protected Artifact createArtifact(String id, String version) throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        return createArtifact(id, version, Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE);
    }

    protected Artifact createArtifact(String id, String version, String scope)
            throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        return createArtifact(id, version, scope, null, false);
    }

        Artifact artifact = createArtifact(artifactId, version);

        createArtifact(artifact, localRepository());

        return artifact;
    }

    protected Artifact createRemoteArtifact(String artifactId, String version) throws Exception {
        Artifact artifact = createArtifact(artifactId, version);

        createArtifact(artifact, remoteRepository());

        return artifact;

    @Test
    void testArtifact() throws Exception {
        ArtifactRepository remoteRepository = remoteRepository();

        ArtifactRepository localRepository = localRepository();

        Artifact a = createArtifact("a", "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT");
        File file = new File(localRepository.getBasedir(), localRepository.pathOf(a));
        file.delete();
        a.setFile(file);

        File touchFile = updateCheckManager.getTouchfile(a);