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* Along with this comes the testing strategies that make this work
* The repository model where plugins can be stored and cataloged
* Bridging this into an OSGi system: if this could be done then we can basically take over p2

TODO

- dealing with processing of input and adapting GAVs before searching i.e. plugin groups in Maven and default searching
- how to deal with resolution from different places like local/remote/workspace

create is of type PlexusConfiguration and is the type we use with the ComponentConfigurator to initialize fields in a Plexus component. Typically this is done within Plexus with the configuration supplied with component configuration, but in Maven we take configuration values from the POM. So we have to use the ComponentConfigurator outside of Plexus in order to configure the Maven Mojo which is just a Plexus component. We can use the information from the MojoDescriptor along with the merged configuration...