case NEW:
            snapshot = new StateSnapshot(TERMINATED);
            enqueueTerminatedEvent(NEW);
            break;
          case STARTING:
            snapshot = new StateSnapshot(STARTING, true, null);
            enqueueStoppingEvent(STARTING);
            doCancelStart();
            break;
          case RUNNING:
            snapshot = new StateSnapshot(STOPPING);

         */

        if (artifact.isSnapshot()) {
            Snapshot snapshot = new Snapshot();
            snapshot.setLocalCopy(true);
            artifact.addMetadata(new SnapshotArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact, snapshot));
        }

        Versioning versioning = new Versioning();
        // TODO Should this be changed for MNG-6754 too?

                merge(SNAPSHOT + key, infos, sv.getUpdated(), sv.getVersion(), repository);
            }
        }

        Snapshot snapshot = versioning.getSnapshot();
        if (snapshot != null && versioning.getSnapshotVersions().isEmpty()) {
            String version = artifact.getVersion();
            if (snapshot.getTimestamp() != null && snapshot.getBuildNumber() > 0) {

        Artifact a = artifactFactory.createArtifactWithClassifier("groupId", "a", "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT", "jar", null);
        File file = new File(localRepository.getBasedir(), localRepository.pathOf(a));
        a.setFile(file);

        assertEquals(
                "a-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar.lastUpdated",
                updateCheckManager.getTouchfile(a).getName());

    <groupId>test</groupId>
    <artifactId>test</artifactId>
    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>test</groupId>
                <artifactId>other</artifactId>
                <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>

        buildFile << """
        import org.gradle.api.artifacts.type.ArtifactTypeDefinition;
        import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ArtifactAttributes;

        def snapshotFile = file("snapshot-\${version}.txt")
        snapshotFile << 'some snapshot content'
        distribution_archives {
            producerTar {
                content {
                    project.copySpec {
                        from 'someFile.txt'

    <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>

  <name>Maven Model</name>
  <description>Model for Maven POM (Project Object Model)</description>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
      <version>4.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>

        super(metadata, path, timestamp);
    }

    private static Metadata createMetadata(Artifact artifact) {
        Snapshot snapshot = new Snapshot();
        snapshot.setLocalCopy(true);
        Versioning versioning = new Versioning();
        versioning.setSnapshot(snapshot);

        Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
        metadata.setVersioning(versioning);
        metadata.setGroupId(artifact.getGroupId());

 [[3]] in a "groupId/artifactId/version" snapshot artifact directory: metadata describes <<<groupId>>>, <<<artifactId>>>, <<<version>>> (base version, i.e. ending in <<<-SNAPSHOT>>>) and
       <<<versioning>>> element that gives data about snapshot (<<<snapshot>>>, <<<lastUpdated>>> and <<<snapshotVersions>>> list). Notice that a

+----+
$ java -jar maven-artifact-*.jar 3.2.4-alpha-1 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT 3.2.4.0
Display parameters as parsed by Maven (in canonical form) and comparison result:
1. 3.2.4-alpha-1 == 3.2.4.alpha.1
   3.2.4-alpha-1 < 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT
2. 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT == 3.2.4.snapshot
   3.2.4-SNAPSHOT < 3.2.4.0
3. 3.2.4.0 == 3.2.4
+----+

* Useful entry points