public static ProfileApplicationResult applyProfiles(
      MavenModel model,
      File basedir,
      Collection<String> explicitProfiles,
      Collection<String> alwaysOnProfiles)
      throws RemoteException {
    Model nativeModel = MavenModelConverter.toNativeModel(model);

    List<Profile> activatedPom = new ArrayList<Profile>();
    List<Profile> activatedExternal = new ArrayList<Profile>();
    List<Profile> activeByDefault = new ArrayList<Profile>();

    List<Profile> rawProfiles = nativeModel.getProfiles();
    List<Profile> expandedProfilesCache = null;

    for (int i = 0; i < rawProfiles.size(); i++) {
      Profile eachRawProfile = rawProfiles.get(i);

      boolean shouldAdd =
          explicitProfiles.contains(eachRawProfile.getId())
              || alwaysOnProfiles.contains(eachRawProfile.getId());

      Activation activation = eachRawProfile.getActivation();
      if (activation != null) {
        if (activation.isActiveByDefault()) {
          activeByDefault.add(eachRawProfile);
        }

        // expand only if necessary
        if (expandedProfilesCache == null)
          expandedProfilesCache = doInterpolate(nativeModel, basedir).getProfiles();
        Profile eachExpandedProfile = expandedProfilesCache.get(i);

        for (ProfileActivator eachActivator : getProfileActivators(basedir)) {
          try {
            if (eachActivator.canDetermineActivation(eachExpandedProfile)
                && eachActivator.isActive(eachExpandedProfile)) {
              shouldAdd = true;
              break;
            }
          } catch (ProfileActivationException e) {
            Maven3ServerGlobals.getLogger().warn(e);
          }
        }
      }

      if (shouldAdd) {
        if (MavenConstants.PROFILE_FROM_POM.equals(eachRawProfile.getSource())) {
          activatedPom.add(eachRawProfile);
        } else {
          activatedExternal.add(eachRawProfile);
        }
      }
    }

    List<Profile> activatedProfiles =
        new ArrayList<Profile>(activatedPom.isEmpty() ? activeByDefault : activatedPom);
    activatedProfiles.addAll(activatedExternal);

    for (Profile each : activatedProfiles) {
      new DefaultProfileInjector().injectProfile(nativeModel, each, null, null);
    }

    return new ProfileApplicationResult(
        MavenModelConverter.convertModel(nativeModel, null), collectProfilesIds(activatedProfiles));
  }