break;
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    break; // Why are we just ignoring this exception? Are exceptions are being used for flow control
                }
            }
        }
    }

  <id>extension</id>
  <name>ExtensionDescriptor</name>
  <description><![CDATA[
    Extension descriptor, stored in <code>META-INF/maven/extension.xml</code> in an extension's jar artifact to
    precisely control parts of the extension and dependencies to expose in the API class loader.
    Maven uses Plexus Classworlds to build the class loader hierarchy, therefore some concepts used in this extensions

shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner that is granting the License. "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding...

  static within the build process, but rather to be setup as an aggregation of
  all settings-related information passed into the system.

** Control over downloads

  Find the control point for m2 using maven-wagon. At this point, inject
  a offline status parameter which is used when retrieving the specific Wagon.

  If <<<offline == true>>>:

        The {@code <scm>} element contains information required to the SCM
        (Source Control Management) of the project.
      </description>
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>connection</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            <![CDATA[
            The source control management system URL
            that describes the repository and how to connect to the

shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner that is granting the License. "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding...

~~ under the License.

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 Maven configuration management
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 The Maven Team
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Configuration levels in maven

 In maven configuration control happens on four differ levels: the site level, the group level,
 the project level, and the user level. On the site level you can configure maven for all users

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.NotThreadSafe;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;

import static org.apache.maven.api.services.BaseRequest.nonNull;

/**
 * Collects settings that control the building of effective settings.
 */
@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface SettingsBuilderRequest {

    @Nonnull
    Session getSession();

    /**
     * Gets the global settings source.

2.0-beta-2 maven-source-plugin 2.0-rc1 attach-sources jar true maven-surefire-plugin 2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT false snapshots Maven Central Development Repository http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2 false central Maven Repository Switchboard http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2 false snapshots Maven Central Plugins Development Repository http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2 false central Maven Plugin Repository http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2 junit junit 3.8.1 test target/site org.codehaus.plexus plexus-container-default...

  </reporting>
  <distributionManagement>
    <repository>
      <id>repo1</id>
      <name>Maven Central Repository</name>
      <url>scp://repo1.maven.org/home/projects/maven/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/maven2</url>
    </repository>
    <snapshotRepository>
      <id>snapshots</id>
      <name>Maven Central Development Repository</name>