// file reference. But this may be a Maven Plugin that we need to resolve from a remote repository
        // as well as its dependencies.

        if (request.isResolveRoot() /* && rootArtifact.getFile() == null */) {
            try {
                resolve(rootArtifact, request.getRemoteRepositories(), session);
            } catch (ArtifactResolutionException e) {

        return this;
    }

    public ArtifactResolutionRequest setResolveRoot(boolean resolveRoot) {
        this.resolveRoot = resolveRoot;

        return this;
    }

    public boolean isResolveRoot() {
        return resolveRoot;
    }

    public ArtifactResolutionRequest setResolveTransitively(boolean resolveDependencies) {
        this.resolveTransitively = resolveDependencies;

        return this;

    }

    public ArtifactResolutionResult resolve(ArtifactResolutionRequest request) {
        ArtifactResolutionResult result = new ArtifactResolutionResult();

        if (request.isResolveRoot()) {
            try {
                resolve(request.getArtifact(), request);
                result.addArtifact(request.getArtifact());
            } catch (IOException e) {