private static Settings buildSettings( SettingsBuilder builder, MavenServerSettings settings, Properties systemProperties, Properties userProperties) throws RemoteException { SettingsBuildingRequest settingsRequest = new DefaultSettingsBuildingRequest(); settingsRequest.setGlobalSettingsFile(settings.getGlobalSettingsFile()); settingsRequest.setUserSettingsFile(settings.getUserSettingsFile()); settingsRequest.setSystemProperties(systemProperties); settingsRequest.setUserProperties(userProperties); Settings result = new Settings(); try { result = builder.build(settingsRequest).getEffectiveSettings(); } catch (SettingsBuildingException e) { Maven3ServerGlobals.getLogger().info(e); } if (settings.getLocalRepository() != null) { result.setLocalRepository(settings.getLocalRepository().getPath()); } if (result.getLocalRepository() == null) { result.setLocalRepository( new File(SystemProperties.getUserHome(), ".m2/repository").getPath()); } return result; }