this.localRepository = localRepository;
    }

    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories() {
        return remoteRepositories;
    }

    public void setRemoteRepositories(List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories) {
        this.remoteRepositories = remoteRepositories;
    }
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

public interface ProjectBuildingRequest {

    ProjectBuildingRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository);

    ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository();

    ProjectBuildingRequest setRemoteRepositories(List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories);

    List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories();

    ProjectBuildingRequest setPluginArtifactRepositories(List<ArtifactRepository> pluginArtifactRepositories);

    public ArtifactResolutionRequest() {
        // nothing here
    }

    public ArtifactResolutionRequest(RepositoryRequest request) {
        setLocalRepository(request.getLocalRepository());
        setRemoteRepositories(request.getRemoteRepositories());
        setOffline(request.isOffline());
        setForceUpdate(request.isForceUpdate());
    }

    public Artifact getArtifact() {
        return artifact;
    }

                request.setUserProperties(session.getUserProperties());
            }

            MavenExecutionRequest req = session.getRequest();
            if (req != null) {
                request.setRemoteRepositories(req.getRemoteRepositories());
            }
        } else {
            Properties props = new Properties();
            EnvironmentUtils.addEnvVars(props);
            props.putAll(System.getProperties());

    /**
     * Sets the remote repositories to use.
     *
     * @param remoteRepositories The remote repositories to use.
     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    RepositoryRequest setRemoteRepositories(List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories);

        copy.setLoggingLevel(original.getLoggingLevel());
        copy.setGlobalChecksumPolicy(original.getGlobalChecksumPolicy());
        copy.setUpdateSnapshots(original.isUpdateSnapshots());
        copy.setRemoteRepositories(original.getRemoteRepositories());
        copy.setPluginArtifactRepositories(original.getPluginArtifactRepositories());
        copy.setRepositoryCache(original.getRepositoryCache());

     *
     * @param remoteRepositories The remote repositories to use for the resolution.
     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    @Override
    MetadataResolutionRequest setRemoteRepositories(List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories);

    /**
     * Determines whether the managed version information should be retrieved.
     *

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

        try {

        ArtifactResolutionRequest request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest()
                .setArtifact(artifact)
                .setResolveRoot(true)
                .setResolveTransitively(true)
                .setRemoteRepositories(getRemoteRepositories())
                .setLocalRepository(getLocalRepository());

        DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = new DefaultRepositorySystemSession();
        LocalRepository localRepo =

            ProjectBuildingRequest req = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest()
                    .setRepositorySession(session.getSession())
                    .setRemoteRepositories(repositories)
                    .setPluginArtifactRepositories(repositories)
                    .setProcessPlugins(request.isProcessPlugins());
            ProjectBuildingResult res;