URI maps to a resource, and the resource itself is a Plexus component which can itself have a reference to the host application in order to perform its work. This may not occur in the first versions of the plugin API but a resource needs to simply become the mapping mechanism by which parameters are taken from the REST side of the application and mapped into a method call within a given Plexus component. Whether that be the core Nexus application or a component provided by a plugin.

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when it starts in an interactive mode:

    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type
    `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute
    it under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.

The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the
appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands

    }

    @Override
    public MavenSession clone() {
        try {
            MavenSession clone = (MavenSession) super.clone();
            // the default must become the current project of the thread that clones this
            MavenProject current = getCurrentProject();
            // we replace the thread local of the clone to prevent write through and enforce the new default value