private static final Map<Model, Map<List<Profile>, Model>> CACHE = Collections.synchronizedMap(new WeakHashMap<>());

    // In order for the weak hash map to work correctly, we must not hold any reference to
    // the model used as the key.  So we use a dummy model as a placeholder to indicate that
    // we want to store the model used as they key.
    private static final Model KEY = Model.newInstance();

        // The root artifact may, or may not be resolved so we need to check before we attempt to resolve.
        // This is often an artifact like a POM that is taken from disk and we already have hold of the
        // file reference. But this may be a Maven Plugin that we need to resolve from a remote repository
        // as well as its dependencies.

/**
 * Caches raw plugin descriptors. A raw plugin descriptor is a descriptor that has just been extracted from the plugin
 * artifact and does not contain any runtime specific data. The cache must not be used for descriptors that hold runtime
 * data like the plugin realm. <strong>Warning:</strong> This is an internal utility interface that is only public for