// 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()

        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);

            ext = ".plugin";
            baseName = plugin.getGroupId() + "_" + plugin.getArtifactId() + "_" + plugin.getVersion();
            trackingFile = trackingDir.resolve(baseName + ext);
            if (Files.exists(trackingFile)) {
                return;
            }

            if (event.getArtifact() != null) {
                trackingData.add(indent + event.getArtifact());
                indent += "  ";

            if (settingsFile != null) {
                activation.file(ActivationFile.newBuilder()
                        .exists(settingsFile.getExists())
                        .missing(settingsFile.getMissing())
                        .location("exists", toLocation(settingsFile.getLocation("exists")))
                        .location("missing", toLocation(settingsFile.getLocation("missing")))
                        .build());

  * If the wagon is bound to "file://" then:

    Retrieve the file or base-url file to be "downloaded".

    * If the file (or more usefully, the base-url file) exists, proceed.

    * If the file (or base-url file) doesn't exist, assume that this location
      is part of a file-share. Ignore the request and print a debug message
      as above.

** Control over mojos in the lifecycle

        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);

        }

        return layout;
    }

    /**
     * In the future, the legacy system might encounter repository types for which no layout components exists because
     * the actual communication with the repository happens via a repository connector. As a minimum, the legacy system

            }
        }
        // Either the original or the specified version ranges have no restrictions
        else if (recommendedVersion != null) {
            // Use the original recommended version since it exists
            version = recommendedVersion;
        } else if (restriction.recommendedVersion != null) {
            // Use the recommended version from the specified VersionRange since there is no

            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()) {

                        getLogger().debug(metadata + " could not be found on repository: " + repository.getId());

                        // delete the local copy so the old details aren't used.
                        if (file.exists()) {
                            if (!file.delete()) {
                                // sleep for 10ms just in case this is windows holding a file lock
                                try {