value = null;
        }

        if (value == null) {
            // The CLI should win for defining properties

            if (properties != null) {
                // We will attempt to get nab a property as a way to specify a parameter
                // to a plugin. My particular case here is allowing the surefire plugin
                // to run a single test so I want to specify that class on the cli as

        if (result != null) {
            return result;
        }

        // second try, refetch all (possibly outdated) metadata that wasn't updated in the first attempt

        if (!request.getRepositorySession().isOffline() && !requests.isEmpty()) {
            DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = new DefaultRepositorySystemSession(request.getRepositorySession());

        }

        ArtifactResolutionResult result = new ArtifactResolutionResult();

        // The root artifact may, or may not be resolved so we need to check before we attempt to resolve.
        // This is often an artifact like a POM that is taken from disk and we already have hold of the
        // file reference. But this may be a Maven Plugin that we need to resolve from a remote repository

    choice, which may contain terms different from this License,
    provided that You are in compliance with the terms of this License
    and that the license for the Executable form does not attempt to
    limit or alter the recipient's rights in the Source Code form from
    the rights set forth in this License. If You distribute the Covered
    Software in Executable form under a different license, You must make

            value = null;
        }

        if (value == null) {
            // The CLI should win for defining properties

            if (properties != null) {
                // We will attempt to get nab a property as a way to specify a parameter
                // to a plugin. My particular case here is allowing the surefire plugin
                // to run a single test so I want to specify that class on the cli as

 * their lifecycle is shared as well: once supplied repository system is shut-down, this instance becomes closed as
 * well. Any subsequent {@code getXXX} method invocation attempt will fail with {@link IllegalStateException}.
 */
public class RepositorySystemSupplier implements Supplier<RepositorySystem> {
    private final AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean(false);

            // that the temporary file is in the same file system as the destination because the
            // File.renameTo operation doesn't really work across file systems.
            // So we will attempt to do a File.renameTo for efficiency and atomicity, if this fails
            // then we will use a brute force copy and delete the temporary file.
            if (!temp.renameTo(destination)) {
                try {

          <type>String</type>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>interactiveMode</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            Whether Maven should attempt to interact with the user for input.
          </description>
          <type>boolean</type>
          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>usePluginRegistry</name>

   | the parameter in question.
   |
   | Default: true
  <interactiveMode>true</interactiveMode>
  -->

  <!-- offline
   | Determines whether maven should attempt to connect to the network when executing a build.
   | This will have an effect on artifact downloads, artifact deployment, and others.
   |
   | Default: false
  <offline>false</offline>
  -->

  <!-- pluginGroups

 * know which version of library the class comes from
 */

This document outlines the concerns of a general plugin manager that would be used in conjunction with any Plexus-based application. The following outlined concerns are an attempt to describe what a plugin manager would need to do for Maven and for Nexus.

h2. Concerns for the plugin manager

h3. Resolving the dependencies of a plugin