*
 */
public class Xpp3DomPointerFactory implements NodePointerFactory {

    public int getOrder() {
        return 200;
    }

    public NodePointer createNodePointer(QName name, Object object, Locale locale) {
        if (object instanceof org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom) {
            object = ((org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom) object).getDom();
        }
        if (object instanceof XmlNode) {

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * <p>
 * Generic implementation of version comparison.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Features:
 * <ul>

                requests.add(new MetadataRequest(metadata, repository, REPOSITORY_CONTEXT).setTrace(trace));
            }
        }

        // initial try, use locally cached metadata

        List<MetadataResult> results = repositorySystem.resolveMetadata(request.getRepositorySession(), requests);
        requests.clear();

  This one is obvious...we only have access to the repositories using
  the file:// protocol and living on a truly local filesystem when
  offline.

** Plugin Resolution

  This is similar to dependency resolution. Plugin repositories not
  using file:// or not residing on a local (not shared) filesystem will
  be unavailable.


* Implications for Mojo Execution

** Deployment mojos

     */
    String STRICT = "strict";

    /**
     * Locates the pom in the given directory.
     *
     * @param dir the directory to locate the pom for, never {@code null}
     * @return a {@code Source} pointing to the located pom or an empty {@code Optional} if none was found by this parser
     */
    @Nonnull
    Optional<Source> locate(@Nonnull Path dir);

    /**

                    .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableMap(t -> t.id().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT), t -> t));
        }

        @Override
        public Optional<T> lookup(String id) {
            return Optional.ofNullable(values.get(nonNull(id, "id").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)));
        }
    }

    int SNAPSHOT = 2;

    int RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT = RELEASE | SNAPSHOT;

    /**
     * Get the repository the metadata was located in.
     *
     * @return the repository
     */
    ArtifactRepository getRepository();

    /**
     * Set the repository the metadata was located in.
     *
     * @param remoteRepository the repository
     */
    void setRepository(ArtifactRepository remoteRepository);

                } else {
                    message += " from local repository";
                }
                getLogger().debug(message);
            } else {
                // Locally installed file is newer, don't use the resolved version
                getLogger().debug(artifact.getArtifactId() + ": using locally installed snapshot");
            }
        }
        return version;
    }

package org.apache.maven.lifecycle;

/**
 * Signals a failure to locate a lifecycle.
 *
 */
public class LifecycleNotFoundException extends Exception {

    private final String lifecycleId;

    /**
     * Creates a new exception to indicate that the specified lifecycle is unknown.
     *
     * @param lifecycleId The identifier of the lifecycle that could not be located, may be {@code null}.
     */

 <developerConnection/> but you couldn't use a properties file to specify the
 version of your project say. Anyway, food for thought to begin with.

 - elements that are critical for pom dissemination
 - those that are used locally by the user like <developerConnection/>

* User configuration

 User configuration which is utilized site wide are controlled with the ${user.home}/.m2/maven.properties.