public List<Artifact> resolvePom(File pomFile) { if (pomFile == null) { throw new RuntimeException("pomFile is null"); } MavenProject pom; try { PlexusContainer container = container(); org.apache.maven.repository.RepositorySystem lrs = container.lookup(org.apache.maven.repository.RepositorySystem.class); ProjectBuilder projectBuilder = container.lookup(ProjectBuilder.class); ProjectBuildingRequest request = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest(); request.setRepositorySession(repositorySystemSession); request.setProcessPlugins(false); request.setLocalRepository(lrs.createDefaultLocalRepository()); request.setRemoteRepositories( Arrays.asList(new ArtifactRepository[] {lrs.createDefaultRemoteRepository()}.clone())); ProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.build(pomFile, request); pom = result.getProject(); } catch (Exception e) { if (e instanceof RuntimeException) { throw (RuntimeException) e; } throw new RuntimeException("Error loading pom: " + pomFile.getAbsolutePath(), e); } Artifact rootArtifact = new DefaultArtifact( pom.getArtifact().getGroupId(), pom.getArtifact().getArtifactId(), pom.getArtifact().getClassifier(), pom.getArtifact().getType(), pom.getArtifact().getVersion(), null, new File(pom.getModel().getBuild().getOutputDirectory())); CollectRequest collectRequest = new CollectRequest(); for (org.apache.maven.model.Dependency dependency : pom.getDependencies()) { collectRequest.addDependency(toAetherDependency(dependency)); } for (RemoteRepository repository : pom.getRemoteProjectRepositories()) { collectRequest.addRepository(repository); } for (RemoteRepository repository : repositories) { collectRequest.addRepository(repository); } // Make sure we account for managed dependencies if (pom.getDependencyManagement() != null) { for (org.apache.maven.model.Dependency managedDependency : pom.getDependencyManagement().getDependencies()) { collectRequest.addManagedDependency(toAetherDependency(managedDependency)); } } DependencyRequest dependencyRequest = new DependencyRequest( collectRequest, DependencyFilterUtils.classpathFilter(JavaScopes.RUNTIME)); List<Artifact> artifacts = resolveArtifacts(dependencyRequest); return ImmutableList.<Artifact>builder().add(rootArtifact).addAll(artifacts).build(); }