this.protocol = protocol(url);
        this.basedir = basedir(url);
    }

    // Path Utils

    /**
     * Return the protocol name.
     * <br>
     * E.g: for input
     * <code>http://www.codehaus.org</code> this method will return <code>http</code>
     *
     * @param url the url
     * @return the host name
     */
    private static String protocol(final String url) {

        }
        descriptors = Collections.emptyMap();
        isModuleHierarchy = false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the module name declared in the given {@code module-info} descriptor.
     * The input stream may be for a file or for an entry in a JAR file.
     */
    @Nonnull
    private static String getModuleName(InputStream in) throws IOException {
        return ModuleDescriptor.read(in).name();
    }

     * The supplied request may also refer to a single concrete version rather than a version range.
     * In this case though, the result contains simply the (parsed) input version, regardless of the
     * repositories and their contents.
     *
     * @param artifact the artifact for which to resolve the versions
     * @return a list of resolved {@code Version}s.

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // TODO These two tests display a lack of symmetry with respect to the input which is a free form string and the
    //      mojo descriptor which comes back. All the free form parsing needs to be done somewhere else, this is

        }
        descriptors = Collections.emptyMap();
        isModuleHierarchy = false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the module name declared in the given {@code module-info} descriptor.
     * The input stream may be for a file or for an entry in a JAR file.
     */
    @Nonnull
    private static String getModuleName(InputStream in) throws IOException {
        return ModuleDescriptor.read(in).name();
    }

package org.hamcrest; /** * A description of a Matcher. A Matcher will describe itself to a description * which can later be used for reporting. * * @see Matcher#describeTo(Description) */ public interface Description { /** * A description that consumes input but does nothing. */ static final Description NONE = new NullDescription(); /** * Appends some plain text to the description. */ Description appendText(String text); /** * Appends the description of a {@link SelfDescribing} value to this description....

        </field>
        <field>
          <name>interactiveMode</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            Whether Maven should attempt to interact with the user for input.
          </description>
          <type>boolean</type>
          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>usePluginRegistry</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>

        // TODO this needs to be repeated here so the merging doesn't interfere with the written metadata
        //  - we'd be much better having a pristine input, and an ongoing metadata for merging instead

        Map<ArtifactRepository, Metadata> previousMetadata = new HashMap<>();
        ArtifactRepository selected = null;

   |
   | Default: ${user.home}/.m2/repository
  <localRepository>/path/to/local/repo</localRepository>
  -->

  <!-- interactiveMode
   | This will determine whether maven prompts you when it needs input. If set to false,
   | maven will use a sensible default value, perhaps based on some other setting, for
   | the parameter in question.
   |
   | Default: true
  <interactiveMode>true</interactiveMode>
  -->

* The repository model where plugins can be stored and cataloged
* Bridging this into an OSGi system: if this could be done then we can basically take over p2

TODO

- dealing with processing of input and adapting GAVs before searching i.e. plugin groups in Maven and default searching
- how to deal with resolution from different places like local/remote/workspace
- how to incorporate the metadata processor to start with