if (request.getLocalRepository() == null) {
            request.setLocalRepository(createLocalRepository(request));
        }

        if (request.getLocalRepositoryPath() == null) {
            request.setLocalRepositoryPath(new File(request.getLocalRepository().getBasedir()).getAbsoluteFile());
        }
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Artifact Transfer Mechanism

        this.localRepository = localRepository;

        if (localRepository != null) {
            setLocalRepositoryPath(new File(localRepository.getBasedir()).getAbsoluteFile());
        }

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepositoryPath(File localRepository) {
        localRepositoryPath = localRepository;

        return this;
    }

    MavenExecutionRequest setGlobalChecksumPolicy(String globalChecksumPolicy);

    String getGlobalChecksumPolicy();

    // Local repository
    MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepositoryPath(String localRepository);

    MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepositoryPath(File localRepository);

    File getLocalRepositoryPath();

    MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository repository);