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 {

                .globalToolchainsSource(
                        globalToolchainsPath != null && Files.exists(globalToolchainsPath)
                                ? Source.fromPath(globalToolchainsPath)
                                : null)
                .userToolchainsSource(
                        userToolchainsPath != null && Files.exists(userToolchainsPath)
                                ? Source.fromPath(userToolchainsPath)

        // 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()

            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 += "  ";

public interface GraphConflictResolver {
    String ROLE = GraphConflictResolver.class.getName();

    /**
     * Cleanses the supplied graph by leaving only one directed versioned edge\
     * between any two nodes, if multiple exists. Uses scope relationships, defined
     * in <code>ArtifactScopeEnum</code>
     *
     * @param graph the "dirty" graph to be simplified via conflict resolution
     * @param scope scope for which the graph should be resolved

        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);

            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();
        }
    }

            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());

                    // ignore
                }
                metadataFile.delete(); // if this fails, forget about it, we'll try to overwrite it anyway so no need
                // to delete on exit
            }
        } else if (metadataFile.exists()) {
            try (InputStream input = Files.newInputStream(metadataFile.toPath())) {
                metadata = new Metadata(new MetadataStaxReader().read(input, false));
            }
        }

            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");