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()

                        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 {

        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();
        }
    }

                    // 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));
            }
        }

        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());
    }

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

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

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

        ArtifactRepository localRepository = localRepository();

        ArtifactRepository repo = createStringRepo();

        assertThrows(ResourceDoesNotExistException.class, () -> wagonManager.getArtifact(artifact, repo, null, false));

        assertFalse(artifact.getFile().exists());
    }

    @Test
    void testGetMissingJarForced() throws TransferFailedException, UnsupportedProtocolException, IOException {

            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");