Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository remoteRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataResolutionException {
        RepositoryMetadata metadata = new SnapshotArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact);

        getLogger().info("Retrieving previous build number from " + remoteRepository.getId());
        repositoryMetadataManager.resolveAlways(metadata, localRepository, remoteRepository);

    ResolutionGroup retrieve(MetadataResolutionRequest request) throws ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException;

    ResolutionGroup retrieve(
            Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories)
            throws ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException;

    /**
     * Get a list of available versions for an artifact in the remote repository
     *

                new ChainedDependencyGraphTransformer(transformer, new ManagedDependencyContextRefiner(scopeManager));
        session.setDependencyGraphTransformer(transformer);

        LocalRepository localRepo = new LocalRepository(localRepository().getBasedir());
        session.setLocalRepositoryManager(new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory().newInstance(session, localRepo));
        return session;
    }

    public ResolutionGroup get(
            Artifact artifact,
            boolean resolveManagedVersions,
            ArtifactRepository localRepository,
            List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories) {
        CacheKey cacheKey = newCacheKey(artifact, resolveManagedVersions, localRepository, remoteRepositories);

        CacheRecord cacheRecord = cache.get(cacheKey);

        if (cacheRecord != null && !cacheRecord.isStale()) {

    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository() {
        return localRepository;
    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactResolutionRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository) {
        this.localRepository = localRepository;

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories() {

        }
    }

    protected void updateRepositoryMetadata(ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository remoteRepository)
            throws IOException, XMLStreamException {
        Metadata metadata = null;

        File metadataFile = new File(
                localRepository.getBasedir(), localRepository.pathOfLocalRepositoryMetadata(this, remoteRepository));

        if (metadataFile.length() == 0) {

  <expressions>
    <expression>
      <syntax>localRepository</syntax>
      <configuration>
        <![CDATA[
      Inside ~/.m2/settings.xml:

      <localRepository>/path/to/local/repository</localRepository>
      ]]></configuration>
      <description>The ArtifactRepository instance referencing the local artifact
        repository.</description>

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This interface is part of Maven's repository management system and works in
 * conjunction with {@link RemoteRepository} and {@link LocalRepository} to provide
 * a complete artifact resolution and storage solution.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 * @see LocalRepository
 * @see RemoteRepository
 * @see Artifact
 */
@Experimental
public interface LocalRepositoryManager extends Service {

    /**

    public void transformForResolve(
            Artifact artifact, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories, ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException {
        RepositoryRequest request = new DefaultRepositoryRequest();
        request.setLocalRepository(localRepository);
        request.setRemoteRepositories(remoteRepositories);
        transformForResolve(artifact, request);
    }

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.maven.api.LocalRepository;
import org.apache.maven.api.RemoteRepository;
import org.apache.maven.api.Service;
import org.apache.maven.api.Session;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
import org.apache.maven.api.model.Repository;

/**
 * Factory service to create {@link LocalRepository} or {@link RemoteRepository} objects.
 *