this.mad = md;
        this.localRepository = localRepository;
        this.remoteRepositories = remoteRepositories;
    }

    public MavenArtifactMetadata getArtifactMetadata() {
        return mad;
    }

    public MetadataResolutionRequest setArtifactMetadata(MavenArtifactMetadata md) {
        this.mad = md;

        return this;
    }

    writer.write("Hello".toCharArray());
    writer.write(',');
    writer.write(0xBEEF0020); // only lower 16 bits are important
    writer.write("Wo");
    writer.write("Whirled".toCharArray(), 3, 2);
    writer.write("Mad! Mad, I say", 2, 2);

    assertEquals("Hello, World!", builder.toString());
  }

  public void testAppendMethods() throws IOException {
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

    writer.write("Hello".toCharArray());
    writer.write(',');
    writer.write(0xBEEF0020); // only lower 16 bits are important
    writer.write("Wo");
    writer.write("Whirled".toCharArray(), 3, 2);
    writer.write("Mad! Mad, I say", 2, 2);

    assertEquals("Hello, World!", builder.toString());
  }

  public void testAppendMethods() throws IOException {
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();