* and downloads the artifact in the local repository.  This operation returns a {@link DownloadedArtifact}.
 * </p>
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface Artifact {
    /**
     * {@return a unique identifier for this artifact}.
     * The identifier is composed of groupId, artifactId, extension, classifier, and version.
     *

import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.OverConstrainedVersionException;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;

/**
 * Maven Artifact interface. Notice that it mixes artifact definition concepts (groupId, artifactId, version)
 * with dependency information (version range, scope).
 */
public interface Artifact extends Comparable<Artifact> {

    @Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")

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  <parent>
    <groupId>ut.simple</groupId>
    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>artifact</artifactId>

  <name>Simple Unit Test Artifact</name>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>ut.simple</groupId>
      <artifactId>dependency</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>ut.simple</groupId>

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        Artifact artifact = factory.createDependencyArtifact(
                "test-grp", "test-artifact", VersionRange.createFromVersion("1.0"), "type", null, "system", "provided");
        Artifact artifact2 = factory.createDependencyArtifact(
                "test-grp", "test-artifact-2", VersionRange.createFromVersion("1.0"), "type", null, "system", "test");
        Artifact artifact3 = factory.createDependencyArtifact(

        Artifact artifact2 = mock(Artifact.class);
        when(artifact2.getFile()).thenReturn(null);
        when(artifact2.getGroupId()).thenReturn("group1");
        when(artifact2.getArtifactId()).thenReturn("artifact2");
        when(artifact2.getExtension()).thenReturn("ext");
        when(artifact2.getClassifier()).thenReturn("classifier1");
        when(artifact2.getVersion()).thenReturn("1");
        artifacts.add(artifact2);