public boolean releaseExistsForSnapshot(Gav snapshotGav, Map<String, Object> context) { for (Repository repository : repositoryRegistry.getRepositories()) { // we need to filter for: // repository that is MavenRepository and is hosted or proxy // repository that has release policy if (repository.getRepositoryKind().isFacetAvailable(MavenHostedRepository.class) || repository.getRepositoryKind().isFacetAvailable(MavenProxyRepository.class)) { // actually, we don't care is it proxy or hosted, we only need to filter out groups and // other // "composite" reposes like shadows MavenRepository mrepository = repository.adaptToFacet(MavenRepository.class); // look in release reposes only if (mrepository.isUserManaged() && RepositoryPolicy.RELEASE.equals(mrepository.getRepositoryPolicy())) { try { String releaseVersion = null; // NEXUS-3148 if (snapshotGav.getBaseVersion().endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) { // "-SNAPSHOT" :== 9 chars releaseVersion = snapshotGav .getBaseVersion() .substring(0, snapshotGav.getBaseVersion().length() - 9); } else { // "SNAPSHOT" :== 8 chars releaseVersion = snapshotGav .getBaseVersion() .substring(0, snapshotGav.getBaseVersion().length() - 8); } Gav releaseGav = new Gav( snapshotGav.getGroupId(), snapshotGav.getArtifactId(), releaseVersion, snapshotGav.getClassifier(), snapshotGav.getExtension(), null, null, null, false, null, false, null); String path = mrepository.getGavCalculator().gavToPath(releaseGav); ResourceStoreRequest req = new ResourceStoreRequest(path, true); req.getRequestContext().putAll(context); mrepository.retrieveItem(false, req); return true; } catch (ItemNotFoundException e) { // nothing } catch (Exception e) { // nothing } } } } return false; }