return String.valueOf(QUALIFIERS.indexOf(""));
            }

            int i = QUALIFIERS.indexOf(qualifier);

            // Just returning an Integer with the index here is faster, but requires a lot of if/then/else to check for
            // -1
            //  or QUALIFIERS.size and then resort to lexical ordering. Most comparisons are decided by the first
            // character,

            ArtifactRepository selected,
            ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataStoreException {
        // TODO this could be a lot nicer... should really be in the snapshot transformation?
        if (metadata.isSnapshot()) {
            Metadata prevMetadata = metadata.getMetadata();