*                           are needed, for instance the following code will work
     *                           <code>artifactFactory.createProjectArtifact( "org.apache.maven", "maven", "" )</code>
     * @param localRepository    local repository
     * @param remoteRepositories remote repositories, {@link List} $lt; {@link ArtifactRepository} &gt;
     * @return {@link List} $lt; {@link ArtifactVersion} &gt;
     * @throws ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException