DefaultProjectBuildingRequest request = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();

        request.setValidationLevel(ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_2_0);
        request.setResolveDependencies(false);

        request.setLocalRepository(configuration.getLocalRepository());
        request.setBuildStartTime(configuration.getBuildStartTime());
        request.setUserProperties(configuration.getUserProperties());

        setLocalRepository(request.getLocalRepository());
        setBuildStartTime(request.getBuildStartTime());
        setProject(request.getProject());
        setResolveDependencies(request.isResolveDependencies());
        setValidationLevel(request.getValidationLevel());
        setResolveVersionRanges(request.isResolveVersionRanges());
        setRepositoryMerging(request.getRepositoryMerging());

        ProjectBuildingRequest configuration = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();
        configuration.setRepositorySession(mavenSession.getRepositorySession());
        configuration.setResolveDependencies(true);

        // single project build entry point
        ProjectBuildingResult result = getContainer()
                .lookup(org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder.class)

    MavenProject getProject();

    ProjectBuildingRequest setProcessPlugins(boolean processPlugins);

    boolean isProcessPlugins();

    ProjectBuildingRequest setResolveDependencies(boolean resolveDependencies);

    boolean isResolveDependencies();

    /**
     * Controls the level of validation to perform on processed models. By default, models are validated in strict mode.
     *

        configuration.setLocalRepository(getLocalRepository());
        configuration.setRemoteRepositories(Arrays.asList(new ArtifactRepository[] {}));
        configuration.setProcessPlugins(false);
        configuration.setResolveDependencies(true);
        initRepoSession(configuration);

        try {
            return projectBuilder.build(pom, configuration).getProject();
        } catch (Exception e) {

        configuration.setRemoteRepositories(Arrays.asList(new ArtifactRepository[] {}));
        configuration.setProcessPlugins(false);
        configuration.setResolveDependencies(true);

        try {
            return projectBuilder.build(pom, configuration).getProject();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Throwable cause = e.getCause();

        File pomFile = getTestFile("src/test/resources/projects/bad-dependency.xml");

        ProjectBuildingRequest request = newBuildingRequest();
        request.setProcessPlugins(false);
        request.setResolveDependencies(true);
        ProjectBuildingException e = assertThrows(
                ProjectBuildingException.class,
                () -> projectBuilder.build(pomFile, request),