}
        }

        if (!hasBeenPackagedDuringThisSession(project)) {
            // fallback to loose class files only if artifacts haven't been packaged yet
            // and only for plain old jars. Not war files, not ear files, not anything else.
            return determineBuildOutputDirectoryForArtifact(project, artifact);
        }

        // The fall-through indicates that the artifact cannot be found;