h2. Concerns for the plugin manager

h3. Resolving the dependencies of a plugin

need it so that empty directory does not get deleted...

    public BuildResumptionData(final List<String> remainingProjects) {
        this.remainingProjects = remainingProjects;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the projects that still need to be built when resuming.
     * @return A list containing the group and artifact id of the projects.
     */
    public List<String> getRemainingProjects() {
        return this.remainingProjects;
    }

    protected String component() {
        return "installer";
    }

    @Test
    void testArtifactInstallation() throws Exception {
        sessionScope.enter();
        try {
            sessionScope.seed(MavenSession.class, mock(MavenSession.class));

            String artifactBasedir = new File(getBasedir(), "src/test/resources/artifact-install").getAbsolutePath();

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    }

    /**
     * Gets the identifier of the model from which the problem originated. While the general form of this identifier is
     * <code>groupId:artifactId:version</code> the returned identifier need not be complete. The identifier is derived
     * from the information that is available at the point the problem occurs and as such merely serves as a best effort

import org.apache.maven.repository.Proxy;

/**
 * Abstraction of an artifact repository. Artifact repositories can be remote, local, or even build reactor or
 * IDE workspace.
 *
 * @deprecated Avoid use of this type, if you need access to local repository use repository system classes instead.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ArtifactRepository {
    String pathOf(Artifact artifact);

    //
    // p4 ---> p3 ---> p2 ---> p1 ---> p0 --> super model
    //
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    @Test
    @DisabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS) // need to investigate why it fails on windows
    void testProjectInheritance() throws Exception {
        File localRepo = getLocalRepositoryPath();

        System.out.println("Local repository is at: " + localRepo.getAbsolutePath());

                final List<MetadataGraphEdge> ins = graph.getIncidentEdges(v);
                final MetadataGraphEdge edge = cleanEdges(v, ins, requestedScope);

                if (edge == null) { // no edges - don't need this vertex anymore
                    if (entry.equals(v)) { // unless it's an entry point.
                        // currently processing the entry point - it should not have any entry incident edges

        for (ExecutionPlanItem executionPlanItem : mavenExecutionPlan) {
            result.add(executionPlanItem.getMojoExecution());
        }
        return result;
    }

    // We need to take in multiple lifecycles
    public void testCalculationOfBuildPlanTasksOfTheCleanLifecycleAndTheInstallLifecycle() throws Exception {
        File pom = getProject("project-with-additional-lifecycle-elements");

        this.project = project;

        artifact.setFile(project.getArtifact().getFile());
        artifact.setResolved(true);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public File getFile() {
        // we need to get the latest file for the project, not the artifact that was created at one point in time
        return project.getArtifact().getFile();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String getGroupId() {