if (force || updateCheckManager.isUpdateRequired(artifact, repository)) {
                logger.debug("Trying repository " + repository.getId() + " for resolution of " + artifact.getId()
                        + " from " + remotePath);

                try {
                    getRemoteFile(
                            repository,
                            artifact.getFile(),
                            remotePath,

    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <!-- Remove the following two deps to see how to remove Settings from the core -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>

import org.apache.maven.api.model.Scm;
import org.apache.maven.api.model.Site;
import org.apache.maven.model.v4.MavenMerger;

/**
 * The domain-specific model merger for the Maven POM, overriding generic code from parent class when necessary with
 * more adapted algorithms.
 *
 */
public class MavenModelMerger extends MavenMerger {

    /**

            Configuration for different proxy profiles. Multiple proxy profiles
            might come in handy for anyone working from a notebook or other
            mobile platform, to enable easy switching of entire proxy
            configurations by simply specifying the profile id, again either from
            the command line or from the defaults section below.
          </description>
          <association>
            <type>Proxy</type>

    /**
     * Sets whether the build should be resumed from the data in the resume.properties file.
     * @param resume Whether or not to resume a previous build.
     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    MavenExecutionRequest setResume(boolean resume);

    /**
     * @return Whether the build should be resumed from the data in the resume.properties file.
     */
    boolean isResume();

     *     <li>"l" or "l(num)" - lowest version or bottom list of lowest ones filter</li>
     *     <li>"s" - contextual snapshot filter</li>
     *     <li>"e(G:A:V)" - predicate filter (leaves out G:A:V from range, if hit, V can be range)</li>
     * </ul>
     * Example filter expression: {@code "h(5);s;e(org.foo:bar:1)} will cause: ranges are filtered for "top 5" (instead

          <description>How to handle downloading of releases from this repository</description>
          <association>
            <type>RepositoryPolicy</type>
          </association>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>snapshots</name>
          <version>1.0.0</version>
          <description>How to handle downloading of snapshots from this repository</description>
          <association>

            }
        }
    }

    private ArtifactRepositoryLayout getLayout(String id) {
        return layouts.get(id);
    }

    //
    // Taken from LegacyRepositorySystem
    //

    public static org.apache.maven.model.Repository fromSettingsRepository(
            org.apache.maven.settings.Repository settingsRepository) {

        initRepoSession(configuration);

        return projectBuilder.build(pom, allowStub, configuration).getProject();
    }

    /**
     * Check that we can build ok from the middle pom of a (parent,child,grandchild) hierarchy
     *
     * @throws Exception in case of issue
     */
    @Test
    void testBuildFromMiddlePom() throws Exception {

                    if ( updateSnapshotVersions )
                    {
                        java.util.Map<String, SnapshotVersion> versions = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<>();
                        // never convert from legacy to new format if either source or target is legacy format
                        if ( !v.getSnapshotVersions().isEmpty() )
                        {