public void assertFileExistence(File dir, String filename, boolean shouldExist) {
        File file = new File(dir, filename);

        if (shouldExist) {
            assertTrue(file.exists());
        } else {
            assertFalse(file.exists());
        }
    }

    public void assertFileContents(File dir, String filename, String contentsTest, String encoding) throws IOException {

        // No project, but most certainly a dependency which has been built previously
        File packagedArtifactFile = findInProjectLocalRepository(artifact);
        if (packagedArtifactFile != null && packagedArtifactFile.exists()) {
            return packagedArtifactFile;
        }

        return null;
    }

    public List<String> findVersions(Artifact artifact) {
        List<String> versions = getProjects()

            File deployedFile = new File(remoteRepository.getBasedir(), remoteRepository.pathOf(artifact));
            assertTrue(deployedFile.exists());
            assertEquals("dummy", new String(Files.readAllBytes(deployedFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8).trim());
        } finally {
            sessionScope.exit();
        }
    }

        assertFalse(file.exists(), "Remote artifact " + file + " should not be present.");
    }

    protected void assertLocalArtifactNotPresent(Artifact artifact) throws Exception {
        ArtifactRepository localRepo = localRepository();

        String path = localRepo.pathOf(artifact);

        File file = new File(localRepo.getBasedir(), path);

            protected ActivationFile.Builder transformActivationFile_Exists(
                    Supplier<? extends ActivationFile.Builder> creator,
                    ActivationFile.Builder builder,
                    ActivationFile target) {
                final String path = target.getExists();
                final String xformed = transformPath(path, target, "exists");

        Map.Entry<Artifact, Path> res = session.resolveArtifact(coord);
        assertNotNull(res);
        assertNotNull(res.getValue());
        assertTrue(Files.exists(res.getValue()));

        Node node = session.collectDependencies(session.createDependencyCoordinate(coord));
        assertNotNull(node);
        assertEquals(8, node.getChildren().size());
    }

        File localFile = new File(localRepo.getBasedir(), localRepo.pathOf(artifact));

        artifact.setFile(localFile);

        if (!localFile.exists()) {
            if (request.getRemoteRepositories().isEmpty()) {
                throw new IOException(localFile + " does not exist and no remote repositories are configured");
            }

            ArtifactRepository remoteRepo = request.getRemoteRepositories().get(0);

      <version>4.0.0+</version>
      <description>This is the file specification used to activate the profile. The {@code missing} value
        is the location of a file that needs to exist, and if it doesn't, the profile will be
        activated. On the other hand, {@code exists} will test for the existence of the file and if it is
        there, the profile will be activated.

        assertNull(
                updateCheckManager.readLastUpdated(touchFile, updateCheckManager.getRepositoryKey(remoteRepository)));

        assertFalse(updateCheckManager.getTouchfile(a).exists());
    }

    @Test
    void testMissingArtifact() throws Exception {
        ArtifactRepository remoteRepository = remoteRepository();

        ArtifactRepository localRepository = localRepository();

            if (systemFile == null) {
                throw new ArtifactNotFoundException("System artifact: " + artifact + " has no file attached", artifact);
            }

            if (!systemFile.exists()) {
                throw new ArtifactNotFoundException(
                        "System artifact: " + artifact + " not found in path: " + systemFile, artifact);
            }

            if (!systemFile.isFile()) {