artifact.getGroupId(), artifact.getArtifactId(), MAVEN_METADATA_XML, Metadata.Nature.RELEASE);
        } else if (LATEST.equals(version)) {
            metadata = new DefaultMetadata(
                    artifact.getGroupId(),
                    artifact.getArtifactId(),
                    MAVEN_METADATA_XML,
                    Metadata.Nature.RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT);
        } else if (version.endsWith(SNAPSHOT)) {

        Metadata metadata = new DefaultMetadata(
                request.getArtifact().getGroupId(),
                request.getArtifact().getArtifactId(),
                MAVEN_METADATA_XML,
                Metadata.Nature.RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT);

        List<MetadataRequest> metadataRequests =
                new ArrayList<>(request.getRepositories().size());

        org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata metadata = new DefaultMetadata(
                request.getGroupId(),
                request.getArtifactId(),
                "maven-metadata.xml",
                DefaultMetadata.Nature.RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT);

        List<MetadataRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();

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