private void resolveOld(
      Artifact artifact,
      List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories,
      RepositorySystemSession session)
      throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException {
    if (artifact == null) {
      return;
    }

    if (Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM.equals(artifact.getScope())) {
      File systemFile = artifact.getFile();

      if (systemFile == null) {
        throw new ArtifactNotFoundException(
            "System artifact: " + artifact + " has no file attached", artifact);
      }

      if (!systemFile.exists()) {
        throw new ArtifactNotFoundException(
            "System artifact: " + artifact + " not found in path: " + systemFile, artifact);
      }

      if (!systemFile.isFile()) {
        throw new ArtifactNotFoundException(
            "System artifact: " + artifact + " is not a file: " + systemFile, artifact);
      }

      artifact.setResolved(true);

      return;
    }

    if (!artifact.isResolved()) {
      ArtifactResult result;

      try {
        ArtifactRequest artifactRequest = new ArtifactRequest();
        artifactRequest.setArtifact(RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(artifact));
        artifactRequest.setRepositories(RepositoryUtils.toRepos(remoteRepositories));

        // Maven 2.x quirk: an artifact always points at the local repo, regardless whether resolved
        // or not
        LocalRepositoryManager lrm = session.getLocalRepositoryManager();
        String path = lrm.getPathForLocalArtifact(artifactRequest.getArtifact());
        artifact.setFile(new File(lrm.getRepository().getBasedir(), path));

        result = repoSystem.resolveArtifact(session, artifactRequest);
      } catch (org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResolutionException e) {
        if (e.getCause() instanceof org.eclipse.aether.transfer.ArtifactNotFoundException) {
          throw new ArtifactNotFoundException(
              e.getMessage(),
              artifact.getGroupId(),
              artifact.getArtifactId(),
              artifact.getVersion(),
              artifact.getType(),
              artifact.getClassifier(),
              remoteRepositories,
              artifact.getDownloadUrl(),
              artifact.getDependencyTrail(),
              e);
        } else {
          throw new ArtifactResolutionException(e.getMessage(), artifact, remoteRepositories, e);
        }
      }

      artifact.selectVersion(result.getArtifact().getVersion());
      artifact.setFile(result.getArtifact().getFile());
      artifact.setResolved(true);

      if (artifact.isSnapshot()) {
        Matcher matcher = Artifact.VERSION_FILE_PATTERN.matcher(artifact.getVersion());
        if (matcher.matches()) {
          Snapshot snapshot = new Snapshot();
          snapshot.setTimestamp(matcher.group(2));
          try {
            snapshot.setBuildNumber(Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(3)));
            artifact.addMetadata(new SnapshotArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact, snapshot));
          } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            logger.warn(
                "Invalid artifact version " + artifact.getVersion() + ": " + e.getMessage());
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }