/**
         * Sets the list of remote repositories to use for resolving dependencies during project building.
         * These repositories will be used in addition to any repositories defined in the project itself.
         *
         * @param repositories the list of remote repositories
         * @return this builder instance
         */
        public ProjectBuilderRequestBuilder repositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {

     * @param repositories the repositories to use (if {@code null}, the session repositories are used)
     * @return the version range resolution result
     * @throws VersionResolverException if an errors occurs
     */
    @Nonnull
    default VersionRangeResolverResult resolve(
            @Nonnull Session session,
            @Nonnull ArtifactCoordinates artifactCoordinates,
            @Nullable List<RemoteRepository> repositories)

    public List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories() {
        return repositories;
    }

    @Override
    public DefaultPluginPrefixRequest setRepositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
        if (repositories != null) {
            this.repositories = Collections.unmodifiableList(repositories);
        } else {
            this.repositories = Collections.emptyList();
        }

        return this;
    }

            return this;
        }

        public VersionResolverRequestBuilder repositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
            this.repositories = repositories;
            return this;
        }

        public VersionResolverRequest build() {
            return new DefaultVersionResolverRequest(session, trace, artifactCoordinates, repositories);
        }

        @Nonnull
        public ArtifactResolverRequestBuilder repositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
            this.repositories = repositories;
            return this;
        }

        @Nonnull
        public ArtifactResolverRequest build() {
            return new DefaultArtifactResolverRequest(session, trace, coordinates, repositories);
        }

    /**
     * The possible merge modes for combining remote repositories.
     */
    enum RepositoryMerging {

        /**
         * The repositories declared in the POM have precedence over the repositories specified in the request.
         */
        POM_DOMINANT,

        /**
         * The repositories specified in the request have precedence over the repositories declared in the POM.
         */
        REQUEST_DOMINANT,

 *
 * <h2>Repository Configuration</h2>
 *
 * <p>Repositories can be configured at various levels:</p><ol>
 * <li>POM: Repositories can be specified in the {@code pom.xml} file under the {@code <repositories>} and {@code <pluginRepositories>} sections.</li>

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

/**
 * <p>In Maven, repositories are locations where project artifacts (such as JAR files, POM files, and other
 * resources) are stored and retrieved. There are two primary types of repositories:
 * {@linkplain LocalRepository local repositories} and
 * {@linkplain RemoteRepository remote repositories}.</p>
 *
 * <h2>Repository Resolution Process</h2>
 *

    /**
     * Gets the remote repositories to use.
     *
     * @return The remote repositories to use, never {@code null}.
     */
    List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories();

    /**
     * Sets the remote repositories to use. Note: When creating a request from a project, be sure to use the
     * plugin repositories and not the regular project repositories.
     *
     * @param repositories The remote repositories to use.

            this.repositories = new ArrayList<>(repositories.size());
            for (RemoteRepository repository : repositories) {
                if (repository.isRepositoryManager()) {
                    this.repositories.addAll(repository.getMirroredRepositories());
                } else {
                    this.repositories.add(repository);
                }
            }