if (!dependency.getDependencyMetadata().getArtifacts().isEmpty() ||
            !dependency.getAttributes().isEmpty() ||
            dependency.getExclusions().mayExcludeArtifacts()
        ) {
            int id = nextId++;
            return new ArtifactsForNode(id, new VariantResolvingArtifactSet(variantResolver, component, variant, dependency, graphVariantSelector, consumerSchema));
        }

        ComponentArtifactResolveMetadata componentMetadata = component.prepareForArtifactResolution().getArtifactMetadata();
        if (exclusions.mayExcludeArtifacts()) {
            for (VariantResolveMetadata artifactVariant : artifactVariants) {
                resolved.add(variantResolver.resolveVariant(componentMetadata, artifactVariant, exclusions));
            }