<property name="test.projects.repository" value="repositories/central" />

                <mkdir dir="${basedir}/target/test-classes/${test.projects.repository}/${test.projects.target.directory}/" />

        String path = repository.pathOf(artifact);

        File artifactFile = new File(repository.getBasedir(), path);

        if (!artifactFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
            artifactFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        }
        try (Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(artifactFile), StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1)) {
            writer.write(artifact.getId());
        }

        File localRepoDir = request.getLocalRepositoryPath();

        logger.debug("Using local repository at {}", localRepoDir);

        localRepoDir.mkdirs();

        if (!localRepoDir.isDirectory()) {
            throw new IOException("Could not create local repository at " + localRepoDir);
        }
    }

    }

    private Artifact createTestPomArtifact(String directory) throws IOException {
        File testData = getTestFile(directory);
        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(testData);
        testData.mkdirs();

        Artifact artifact = artifactFactory.createProjectArtifact("test", "test", "1.0");
        artifact.setFile(new File(testData, "test-1.0.pom"));
        assertFalse(artifact.getFile().exists());

        synchronized (touchfile.getAbsolutePath().intern()) {
            if (!touchfile.getParentFile().exists()
                    && !touchfile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
                getLogger()
                        .debug("Failed to create directory: " + touchfile.getParent()
                                + " for tracking artifact metadata resolution.");
                return;