diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/.gitattributes b/maven-resolver-demos/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc9347e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*        text=auto
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/.gitignore b/maven-resolver-demos/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e36d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+target/
+.project
+.classpath
+.settings/
+.idea
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24d4312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-resolver-demos</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Artifact Resolver Demo Maven Plugin</name>
+  <description>
+    A simple Maven plugin using Maven Artifact Resolver with Maven repositories.
+  </description>
+  <inceptionYear>2010</inceptionYear>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>3.5.0</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <properties>
+    <resolverVersion>1.0.3</resolverVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.5.0</mavenVersion>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+          <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-util</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>run-its</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <debug>false</debug>
+              <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
+              <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
+              <pomIncludes>
+                <pomInclude>*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+              </pomIncludes>
+              <preBuildHookScript>setup</preBuildHookScript>
+              <postBuildHookScript>verify</postBuildHookScript>
+              <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+              <settingsFile>src/it/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>clean</goal>
+                <goal>validate</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>integration-test</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install</goal>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/it/resolve-artifact/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/it/resolve-artifact/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4426589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/it/resolve-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver.demo.its.ra</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>@project.groupId@</groupId>
+        <artifactId>@project.artifactId@</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>resolve-artifact</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactCoords>junit:junit:3.8.2</artifactCoords>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/it/settings.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/it/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd86293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/it/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it-repo</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>local.central</id>
+          <url>@localRepositoryUrl@</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+      <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+          <id>local.central</id>
+          <url>@localRepositoryUrl@</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+      </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</settings>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/maven/ResolveArtifactMojo.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/maven/ResolveArtifactMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57f18d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/maven/ResolveArtifactMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.maven;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResolutionException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResult;
+
+/**
+ * Resolves a single artifact (not including its transitive dependencies).
+ * 
+ * @goal resolve-artifact
+ */
+public class ResolveArtifactMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The entry point to Maven Artifact Resolver, i.e. the component doing all the work.
+     * 
+     * @component
+     */
+    private RepositorySystem repoSystem;
+
+    /**
+     * The current repository/network configuration of Maven.
+     * 
+     * @parameter default-value="${repositorySystemSession}"
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    private RepositorySystemSession repoSession;
+
+    /**
+     * The project's remote repositories to use for the resolution.
+     * 
+     * @parameter default-value="${project.remoteProjectRepositories}"
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    private List<RemoteRepository> remoteRepos;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@code <groupId>:<artifactId>[:<extension>[:<classifier>]]:<version>} of the artifact to resolve.
+     * 
+     * @parameter property="resolver.artifactCoords"
+     */
+    private String artifactCoords;
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        Artifact artifact;
+        try
+        {
+            artifact = new DefaultArtifact( artifactCoords );
+        }
+        catch ( IllegalArgumentException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        ArtifactRequest request = new ArtifactRequest();
+        request.setArtifact( artifact );
+        request.setRepositories( remoteRepos );
+
+        getLog().info( "Resolving artifact " + artifact + " from " + remoteRepos );
+
+        ArtifactResult result;
+        try
+        {
+            result = repoSystem.resolveArtifact( repoSession, request );
+        }
+        catch ( ArtifactResolutionException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        getLog().info( "Resolved artifact " + artifact + " to " + result.getArtifact().getFile() + " from "
+                           + result.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a16bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="JavaDocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="parent"/>
+    <menu ref="reports"/>
+  </body>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9786b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-resolver-demos</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-resolver-demo-snippets</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Artifact Resolver Demo Snippets</name>
+  <description>
+    A module to demonstrate the usage of Maven Artifact Resolver with Maven repositories
+    by means of various runnable code snippets.
+  </description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <resolverVersion>1.0.3</resolverVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.5.0</mavenVersion>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-spi</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-util</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-connector-basic</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-file</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-transport-http</artifactId>
+      <version>${resolverVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-resolver-provider</artifactId>
+      <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1.1</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
+          <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
+      <artifactId>sisu-guice</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.6</version>
+      <classifier>no_aop</classifier>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
+          <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/data/demo.jar b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/data/demo.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fcb2f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/data/demo.jar
Binary files differ
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/AllResolverDemos.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/AllResolverDemos.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b04c603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/AllResolverDemos.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Runs all demos at once.
+ */
+public class AllResolverDemos
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        FindAvailableVersions.main( args );
+        FindNewestVersion.main( args );
+        GetDirectDependencies.main( args );
+        GetDependencyTree.main( args );
+        GetDependencyHierarchy.main( args );
+        ResolveArtifact.main( args );
+        ResolveTransitiveDependencies.main( args );
+        InstallArtifacts.main( args );
+        DeployArtifacts.main( args );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/DeployArtifacts.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/DeployArtifacts.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63a59d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/DeployArtifacts.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.deployment.DeployRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.artifact.SubArtifact;
+
+/**
+ * Deploys a JAR and its POM to a remote repository.
+ */
+public class DeployArtifacts
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( DeployArtifacts.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact jarArtifact = new DefaultArtifact( "test", "org.apache.maven.aether.examples", "", "jar", "0.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        jarArtifact = jarArtifact.setFile( new File( "src/main/data/demo.jar" ) );
+
+        Artifact pomArtifact = new SubArtifact( jarArtifact, "", "pom" );
+        pomArtifact = pomArtifact.setFile( new File( "pom.xml" ) );
+
+        RemoteRepository distRepo =
+            new RemoteRepository.Builder( "org.apache.maven.aether.examples", "default",
+                                  new File( "target/dist-repo" ).toURI().toString() ).build();
+
+        DeployRequest deployRequest = new DeployRequest();
+        deployRequest.addArtifact( jarArtifact ).addArtifact( pomArtifact );
+        deployRequest.setRepository( distRepo );
+
+        system.deploy( session, deployRequest );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/FindAvailableVersions.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/FindAvailableVersions.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..148b847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/FindAvailableVersions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.version.Version;
+
+/**
+ * Determines all available versions of an artifact.
+ */
+public class FindAvailableVersions
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( FindAvailableVersions.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "org.eclipse.aether:aether-util:[0,)" );
+
+        VersionRangeRequest rangeRequest = new VersionRangeRequest();
+        rangeRequest.setArtifact( artifact );
+        rangeRequest.setRepositories( Booter.newRepositories( system, session ) );
+
+        VersionRangeResult rangeResult = system.resolveVersionRange( session, rangeRequest );
+
+        List<Version> versions = rangeResult.getVersions();
+
+        System.out.println( "Available versions " + versions );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/FindNewestVersion.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/FindNewestVersion.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63bf3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/FindNewestVersion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.version.Version;
+
+/**
+ * Determines the newest version of an artifact.
+ */
+public class FindNewestVersion
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( FindNewestVersion.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "org.eclipse.aether:aether-util:[0,)" );
+
+        VersionRangeRequest rangeRequest = new VersionRangeRequest();
+        rangeRequest.setArtifact( artifact );
+        rangeRequest.setRepositories( Booter.newRepositories( system, session ) );
+
+        VersionRangeResult rangeResult = system.resolveVersionRange( session, rangeRequest );
+
+        Version newestVersion = rangeResult.getHighestVersion();
+
+        System.out.println( "Newest version " + newestVersion + " from repository "
+            + rangeResult.getRepository( newestVersion ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDependencyHierarchy.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDependencyHierarchy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cf6ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDependencyHierarchy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper;
+import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.manager.DependencyManagerUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.transformer.ConflictResolver;
+
+/**
+ * Visualizes the transitive dependencies of an artifact similar to m2e's dependency hierarchy view.
+ */
+public class GetDependencyHierarchy
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( GetDependencyHierarchy.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        session.setConfigProperty( ConflictResolver.CONFIG_PROP_VERBOSE, true );
+        session.setConfigProperty( DependencyManagerUtils.CONFIG_PROP_VERBOSE, true );
+
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "org.apache.maven:maven-aether-provider:3.1.0" );
+
+        ArtifactDescriptorRequest descriptorRequest = new ArtifactDescriptorRequest();
+        descriptorRequest.setArtifact( artifact );
+        descriptorRequest.setRepositories( Booter.newRepositories( system, session ) );
+        ArtifactDescriptorResult descriptorResult = system.readArtifactDescriptor( session, descriptorRequest );
+
+        CollectRequest collectRequest = new CollectRequest();
+        collectRequest.setRootArtifact( descriptorResult.getArtifact() );
+        collectRequest.setDependencies( descriptorResult.getDependencies() );
+        collectRequest.setManagedDependencies( descriptorResult.getManagedDependencies() );
+        collectRequest.setRepositories( descriptorRequest.getRepositories() );
+
+        CollectResult collectResult = system.collectDependencies( session, collectRequest );
+
+        collectResult.getRoot().accept( new ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDependencyTree.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDependencyTree.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..365edff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDependencyTree.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
+
+/**
+ * Collects the transitive dependencies of an artifact.
+ */
+public class GetDependencyTree
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( GetDependencyTree.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "org.apache.maven:maven-aether-provider:3.1.0" );
+
+        CollectRequest collectRequest = new CollectRequest();
+        collectRequest.setRoot( new Dependency( artifact, "" ) );
+        collectRequest.setRepositories( Booter.newRepositories( system, session ) );
+
+        CollectResult collectResult = system.collectDependencies( session, collectRequest );
+
+        collectResult.getRoot().accept( new ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDirectDependencies.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDirectDependencies.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce4727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/GetDirectDependencies.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorResult;
+
+/**
+ * Determines the direct dependencies of an artifact as declared in its artifact descriptor (POM).
+ */
+public class GetDirectDependencies
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( GetDirectDependencies.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "org.eclipse.aether:aether-impl:1.0.0.v20140518" );
+
+        ArtifactDescriptorRequest descriptorRequest = new ArtifactDescriptorRequest();
+        descriptorRequest.setArtifact( artifact );
+        descriptorRequest.setRepositories( Booter.newRepositories( system, session ) );
+
+        ArtifactDescriptorResult descriptorResult = system.readArtifactDescriptor( session, descriptorRequest );
+
+        for ( Dependency dependency : descriptorResult.getDependencies() )
+        {
+            System.out.println( dependency );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/InstallArtifacts.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/InstallArtifacts.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb1f02c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/InstallArtifacts.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.installation.InstallRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.artifact.SubArtifact;
+
+/**
+ * Installs a JAR and its POM to the local repository.
+ */
+public class InstallArtifacts
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( InstallArtifacts.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact jarArtifact =
+            new DefaultArtifact( "test", "org.apache.maven.resolver.examples", "", "jar", "0.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        jarArtifact = jarArtifact.setFile( new File( "src/main/data/demo.jar" ) );
+
+        Artifact pomArtifact = new SubArtifact( jarArtifact, "", "pom" );
+        pomArtifact = pomArtifact.setFile( new File( "pom.xml" ) );
+
+        InstallRequest installRequest = new InstallRequest();
+        installRequest.addArtifact( jarArtifact ).addArtifact( pomArtifact );
+
+        system.install( session, installRequest );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/ResolveArtifact.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/ResolveArtifact.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f56003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/ResolveArtifact.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResult;
+
+/**
+ * Resolves a single artifact.
+ */
+public class ResolveArtifact
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( ResolveArtifact.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "org.eclipse.aether:aether-util:1.0.0.v20140518" );
+
+        ArtifactRequest artifactRequest = new ArtifactRequest();
+        artifactRequest.setArtifact( artifact );
+        artifactRequest.setRepositories( Booter.newRepositories( system, session ) );
+
+        ArtifactResult artifactResult = system.resolveArtifact( session, artifactRequest );
+
+        artifact = artifactResult.getArtifact();
+
+        System.out.println( artifact + " resolved to  " + artifact.getFile() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/ResolveTransitiveDependencies.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/ResolveTransitiveDependencies.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..111cdf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/ResolveTransitiveDependencies.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyFilter;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.artifact.JavaScopes;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.filter.DependencyFilterUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Resolves the transitive (compile) dependencies of an artifact.
+ */
+public class ResolveTransitiveDependencies
+{
+
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println( "------------------------------------------------------------" );
+        System.out.println( ResolveTransitiveDependencies.class.getSimpleName() );
+
+        RepositorySystem system = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+
+        RepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( system );
+
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "org.eclipse.aether:aether-impl:1.0.0.v20140518" );
+
+        DependencyFilter classpathFlter = DependencyFilterUtils.classpathFilter( JavaScopes.COMPILE );
+
+        CollectRequest collectRequest = new CollectRequest();
+        collectRequest.setRoot( new Dependency( artifact, JavaScopes.COMPILE ) );
+        collectRequest.setRepositories( Booter.newRepositories( system, session ) );
+
+        DependencyRequest dependencyRequest = new DependencyRequest( collectRequest, classpathFlter );
+
+        List<ArtifactResult> artifactResults =
+            system.resolveDependencies( session, dependencyRequest ).getArtifactResults();
+
+        for ( ArtifactResult artifactResult : artifactResults )
+        {
+            System.out.println( artifactResult.getArtifact() + " resolved to "
+                + artifactResult.getArtifact().getFile() );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/guice/DemoResolverModule.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/guice/DemoResolverModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcec471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/guice/DemoResolverModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.guice;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.apache.maven.repository.internal.MavenAetherModule;
+import org.eclipse.aether.connector.basic.BasicRepositoryConnectorFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.RepositoryConnectorFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.transport.TransporterFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transport.file.FileTransporterFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transport.http.HttpTransporterFactory;
+
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import com.google.inject.Provides;
+import com.google.inject.name.Names;
+
+class DemoResolverModule
+    extends AbstractModule
+{
+
+    @Override
+    protected void configure()
+    {
+        install( new MavenAetherModule() );
+        // alternatively, use the Guice Multibindings extensions
+        bind( RepositoryConnectorFactory.class ).annotatedWith( Names.named( "basic" ) ).to( BasicRepositoryConnectorFactory.class );
+        bind( TransporterFactory.class ).annotatedWith( Names.named( "file" ) ).to( FileTransporterFactory.class );
+        bind( TransporterFactory.class ).annotatedWith( Names.named( "http" ) ).to( HttpTransporterFactory.class );
+    }
+
+    @Provides
+    @Singleton
+    Set<RepositoryConnectorFactory> provideRepositoryConnectorFactories( @Named( "basic" ) RepositoryConnectorFactory basic )
+    {
+        Set<RepositoryConnectorFactory> factories = new HashSet<RepositoryConnectorFactory>();
+        factories.add( basic );
+        return Collections.unmodifiableSet( factories );
+    }
+
+    @Provides
+    @Singleton
+    Set<TransporterFactory> provideTransporterFactories( @Named( "file" ) TransporterFactory file,
+                                                         @Named( "http" ) TransporterFactory http )
+    {
+        Set<TransporterFactory> factories = new HashSet<TransporterFactory>();
+        factories.add( file );
+        factories.add( http );
+        return Collections.unmodifiableSet( factories );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/guice/GuiceRepositorySystemFactory.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/guice/GuiceRepositorySystemFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ff0db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/guice/GuiceRepositorySystemFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.guice;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
+
+/**
+ * A factory for repository system instances that employs JSR-330 via Guice to wire up the system's components.
+ */
+public class GuiceRepositorySystemFactory
+{
+
+    public static RepositorySystem newRepositorySystem()
+    {
+        return Guice.createInjector( new DemoResolverModule() ).getInstance( RepositorySystem.class );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/manual/ManualRepositorySystemFactory.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/manual/ManualRepositorySystemFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04103d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/manual/ManualRepositorySystemFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.manual;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.repository.internal.MavenRepositorySystemUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.connector.basic.BasicRepositoryConnectorFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.impl.DefaultServiceLocator;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.RepositoryConnectorFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.spi.connector.transport.TransporterFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transport.file.FileTransporterFactory;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transport.http.HttpTransporterFactory;
+
+/**
+ * A factory for repository system instances that employs Maven Artifact Resolver's built-in service locator
+ * infrastructure to wire up the system's components.
+ */
+public class ManualRepositorySystemFactory
+{
+
+    public static RepositorySystem newRepositorySystem()
+    {
+        /*
+         * Aether's components implement org.eclipse.aether.spi.locator.Service to ease manual wiring and using the
+         * prepopulated DefaultServiceLocator, we only need to register the repository connector and transporter
+         * factories.
+         */
+        DefaultServiceLocator locator = MavenRepositorySystemUtils.newServiceLocator();
+        locator.addService( RepositoryConnectorFactory.class, BasicRepositoryConnectorFactory.class );
+        locator.addService( TransporterFactory.class, FileTransporterFactory.class );
+        locator.addService( TransporterFactory.class, HttpTransporterFactory.class );
+
+        locator.setErrorHandler( new DefaultServiceLocator.ErrorHandler()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void serviceCreationFailed( Class<?> type, Class<?> impl, Throwable exception )
+            {
+                exception.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        } );
+
+        return locator.getService( RepositorySystem.class );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/plexus/PlexusRepositorySystemFactory.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/plexus/PlexusRepositorySystemFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..616f19c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/plexus/PlexusRepositorySystemFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.plexus;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.ContainerConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultContainerConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusConstants;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+
+/**
+ * A factory for repository system instances that employs Plexus to wire up the system's components.
+ */
+public class PlexusRepositorySystemFactory
+{
+
+    public static RepositorySystem newRepositorySystem()
+    {
+        /*
+         * Maven Artifact Resolver's components are equipped with plexus-specific metadata to enable discovery and
+         * wiring of components by a Plexus container so this is as easy as looking up the implementation.
+         */
+        try
+        {
+            ContainerConfiguration config = new DefaultContainerConfiguration();
+            config.setAutoWiring( true );
+            config.setClassPathScanning( PlexusConstants.SCANNING_INDEX );
+            return new DefaultPlexusContainer( config ).lookup( RepositorySystem.class );
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e )
+        {
+            throw new IllegalStateException( "dependency injection failed", e );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/Resolver.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/Resolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae07a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/Resolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.resolver;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.Booter;
+import org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util.ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper;
+import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.deployment.DeployRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.deployment.DeploymentException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
+import org.eclipse.aether.installation.InstallRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.installation.InstallationException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.Authentication;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.LocalRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyResolutionException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.visitor.PreorderNodeListGenerator;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.repository.AuthenticationBuilder;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class Resolver
+{
+    private String remoteRepository;
+
+    private RepositorySystem repositorySystem;
+
+    private LocalRepository localRepository;
+
+    public Resolver( String remoteRepository, String localRepository )
+    {
+        this.remoteRepository = remoteRepository;
+        this.repositorySystem = Booter.newRepositorySystem();
+        this.localRepository = new LocalRepository( localRepository );
+    }
+
+    private RepositorySystemSession newSession()
+    {
+        DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession( repositorySystem );
+        session.setLocalRepositoryManager( repositorySystem.newLocalRepositoryManager( session, localRepository ) );
+        return session;
+    }
+
+    public ResolverResult resolve( String groupId, String artifactId, String version )
+        throws DependencyResolutionException
+    {
+        RepositorySystemSession session = newSession();
+        Dependency dependency =
+            new Dependency( new DefaultArtifact( groupId, artifactId, "", "jar", version ), "runtime" );
+        RemoteRepository central = new RemoteRepository.Builder( "central", "default", remoteRepository ).build();
+
+        CollectRequest collectRequest = new CollectRequest();
+        collectRequest.setRoot( dependency );
+        collectRequest.addRepository( central );
+
+        DependencyRequest dependencyRequest = new DependencyRequest();
+        dependencyRequest.setCollectRequest( collectRequest );
+
+        DependencyNode rootNode = repositorySystem.resolveDependencies( session, dependencyRequest ).getRoot();
+
+        StringBuilder dump = new StringBuilder();
+        displayTree( rootNode, dump );
+
+        PreorderNodeListGenerator nlg = new PreorderNodeListGenerator();
+        rootNode.accept( nlg );
+
+        return new ResolverResult( rootNode, nlg.getFiles(), nlg.getClassPath() );
+    }
+
+    public void install( Artifact artifact, Artifact pom )
+        throws InstallationException
+    {
+        RepositorySystemSession session = newSession();
+
+        InstallRequest installRequest = new InstallRequest();
+        installRequest.addArtifact( artifact ).addArtifact( pom );
+
+        repositorySystem.install( session, installRequest );
+    }
+
+    public void deploy( Artifact artifact, Artifact pom, String remoteRepository )
+        throws DeploymentException
+    {
+        RepositorySystemSession session = newSession();
+
+        Authentication auth = new AuthenticationBuilder().addUsername( "admin" ).addPassword( "admin123" ).build();
+        RemoteRepository nexus =
+            new RemoteRepository.Builder( "nexus", "default", remoteRepository ).setAuthentication( auth ).build();
+
+        DeployRequest deployRequest = new DeployRequest();
+        deployRequest.addArtifact( artifact ).addArtifact( pom );
+        deployRequest.setRepository( nexus );
+
+        repositorySystem.deploy( session, deployRequest );
+    }
+
+    private void displayTree( DependencyNode node, StringBuilder sb )
+    {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream( 1024 );
+        node.accept( new ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper( new PrintStream( os ) ) );
+        sb.append( os.toString() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/ResolverDemo.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/ResolverDemo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..670dd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/ResolverDemo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.resolver;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.deployment.DeploymentException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
+import org.eclipse.aether.installation.InstallationException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyResolutionException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.artifact.SubArtifact;
+
+/**
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings( "unused" )
+public class ResolverDemo
+{
+
+    public void resolve() 
+        throws DependencyResolutionException
+    {
+        Resolver resolver = new Resolver( "http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public", "target/aether-repo" );
+                
+        ResolverResult result = resolver.resolve( "com.mycompany.app", "super-app", "1.0" );
+
+        // Get the root of the resolved tree of artifacts
+        //
+        DependencyNode root = result.getRoot();
+
+        // Get the list of files for the artifacts resolved
+        //
+        List<File> artifacts = result.getResolvedFiles();
+        
+        // Get the classpath of the artifacts resolved
+        //
+        String classpath = result.getResolvedClassPath();        
+    }
+    
+    public void installAndDeploy() 
+        throws InstallationException, DeploymentException
+    {
+        Resolver resolver = new Resolver( "http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public", "target/aether-repo" );
+        
+        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( "com.mycompany.super", "super-core", "jar", "0.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        artifact = artifact.setFile( new File( "jar-from-whatever-process.jar" ) );
+        Artifact pom = new SubArtifact( artifact, null, "pom" );
+        pom = pom.setFile( new File( "pom-from-whatever-process.xml" ) );
+          
+        // Install into the local repository specified
+        //
+        resolver.install( artifact, pom );
+        
+        // Deploy to a remote reposistory
+        //
+        resolver.deploy( artifact, pom, "http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/" );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/ResolverResult.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/ResolverResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2978441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/resolver/ResolverResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.resolver;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class ResolverResult
+{
+    private DependencyNode root;
+    private List<File> resolvedFiles;
+    private String resolvedClassPath;
+    
+    public ResolverResult( DependencyNode root, List<File> resolvedFiles, String resolvedClassPath )
+    {
+        this.root = root;
+        this.resolvedFiles = resolvedFiles;
+        this.resolvedClassPath = resolvedClassPath;
+    }
+
+    public DependencyNode getRoot()
+    {
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    public List<File> getResolvedFiles()
+    {
+        return resolvedFiles;
+    }
+
+    public String getResolvedClassPath()
+    {
+        return resolvedClassPath;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/sisu/SisuRepositorySystemFactory.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/sisu/SisuRepositorySystemFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4373dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/sisu/SisuRepositorySystemFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.sisu;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.DefaultModelBuilderFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuilder;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.sisu.launch.Main;
+
+/**
+ * A factory for repository system instances that employs Eclipse Sisu to wire up the system's components.
+ */
+@Named
+public class SisuRepositorySystemFactory
+{
+
+    @Inject
+    private RepositorySystem repositorySystem;
+
+    public static RepositorySystem newRepositorySystem()
+    {
+        return Main.boot( SisuRepositorySystemFactory.class ).repositorySystem;
+    }
+
+    @Named
+    private static class ModelBuilderProvider
+        implements Provider<ModelBuilder>
+    {
+
+        public ModelBuilder get()
+        {
+            return new DefaultModelBuilderFactory().newInstance();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/Booter.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/Booter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62db10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/Booter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.repository.internal.MavenRepositorySystemUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.LocalRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+
+/**
+ * A helper to boot the repository system and a repository system session.
+ */
+public class Booter
+{
+
+    public static RepositorySystem newRepositorySystem()
+    {
+        return org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.manual.ManualRepositorySystemFactory.newRepositorySystem();
+        // return org.eclipse.aether.examples.guice.GuiceRepositorySystemFactory.newRepositorySystem();
+        // return org.eclipse.aether.examples.sisu.SisuRepositorySystemFactory.newRepositorySystem();
+        // return org.eclipse.aether.examples.plexus.PlexusRepositorySystemFactory.newRepositorySystem();
+    }
+
+    public static DefaultRepositorySystemSession newRepositorySystemSession( RepositorySystem system )
+    {
+        DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = MavenRepositorySystemUtils.newSession();
+
+        LocalRepository localRepo = new LocalRepository( "target/local-repo" );
+        session.setLocalRepositoryManager( system.newLocalRepositoryManager( session, localRepo ) );
+
+        session.setTransferListener( new ConsoleTransferListener() );
+        session.setRepositoryListener( new ConsoleRepositoryListener() );
+
+        // uncomment to generate dirty trees
+        // session.setDependencyGraphTransformer( null );
+
+        return session;
+    }
+
+    public static List<RemoteRepository> newRepositories( RepositorySystem system, RepositorySystemSession session )
+    {
+        return new ArrayList<RemoteRepository>( Arrays.asList( newCentralRepository() ) );
+    }
+
+    private static RemoteRepository newCentralRepository()
+    {
+        return new RemoteRepository.Builder( "central", "default", "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/" ).build();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff0926e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyVisitor;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.artifact.ArtifactIdUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.manager.DependencyManagerUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.transformer.ConflictResolver;
+
+/**
+ * A dependency visitor that dumps the graph to the console.
+ */
+public class ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper
+    implements DependencyVisitor
+{
+
+    private PrintStream out;
+
+    private List<ChildInfo> childInfos = new ArrayList<ChildInfo>();
+
+    public ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper()
+    {
+        this( null );
+    }
+
+    public ConsoleDependencyGraphDumper( PrintStream out )
+    {
+        this.out = ( out != null ) ? out : System.out;
+    }
+
+    public boolean visitEnter( DependencyNode node )
+    {
+        out.println( formatIndentation() + formatNode( node ) );
+        childInfos.add( new ChildInfo( node.getChildren().size() ) );
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private String formatIndentation()
+    {
+        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder( 128 );
+        for ( Iterator<ChildInfo> it = childInfos.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            buffer.append( it.next().formatIndentation( !it.hasNext() ) );
+        }
+        return buffer.toString();
+    }
+
+    private String formatNode( DependencyNode node )
+    {
+        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder( 128 );
+        Artifact a = node.getArtifact();
+        Dependency d = node.getDependency();
+        buffer.append( a );
+        if ( d != null && d.getScope().length() > 0 )
+        {
+            buffer.append( " [" ).append( d.getScope() );
+            if ( d.isOptional() )
+            {
+                buffer.append( ", optional" );
+            }
+            buffer.append( "]" );
+        }
+        {
+            String premanaged = DependencyManagerUtils.getPremanagedVersion( node );
+            if ( premanaged != null && !premanaged.equals( a.getBaseVersion() ) )
+            {
+                buffer.append( " (version managed from " ).append( premanaged ).append( ")" );
+            }
+        }
+        {
+            String premanaged = DependencyManagerUtils.getPremanagedScope( node );
+            if ( premanaged != null && !premanaged.equals( d.getScope() ) )
+            {
+                buffer.append( " (scope managed from " ).append( premanaged ).append( ")" );
+            }
+        }
+        DependencyNode winner = (DependencyNode) node.getData().get( ConflictResolver.NODE_DATA_WINNER );
+        if ( winner != null && !ArtifactIdUtils.equalsId( a, winner.getArtifact() ) )
+        {
+            Artifact w = winner.getArtifact();
+            buffer.append( " (conflicts with " );
+            if ( ArtifactIdUtils.toVersionlessId( a ).equals( ArtifactIdUtils.toVersionlessId( w ) ) )
+            {
+                buffer.append( w.getVersion() );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                buffer.append( w );
+            }
+            buffer.append( ")" );
+        }
+        return buffer.toString();
+    }
+
+    public boolean visitLeave( DependencyNode node )
+    {
+        if ( !childInfos.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            childInfos.remove( childInfos.size() - 1 );
+        }
+        if ( !childInfos.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            childInfos.get( childInfos.size() - 1 ).index++;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static class ChildInfo
+    {
+
+        final int count;
+
+        int index;
+
+        public ChildInfo( int count )
+        {
+            this.count = count;
+        }
+
+        public String formatIndentation( boolean end )
+        {
+            boolean last = index + 1 >= count;
+            if ( end )
+            {
+                return last ? "\\- " : "+- ";
+            }
+            return last ? "   " : "|  ";
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleRepositoryListener.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleRepositoryListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1ffccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleRepositoryListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.AbstractRepositoryListener;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositoryEvent;
+
+/**
+ * A simplistic repository listener that logs events to the console.
+ */
+public class ConsoleRepositoryListener
+    extends AbstractRepositoryListener
+{
+
+    private PrintStream out;
+
+    public ConsoleRepositoryListener()
+    {
+        this( null );
+    }
+
+    public ConsoleRepositoryListener( PrintStream out )
+    {
+        this.out = ( out != null ) ? out : System.out;
+    }
+
+    public void artifactDeployed( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Deployed " + event.getArtifact() + " to " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactDeploying( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Deploying " + event.getArtifact() + " to " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactDescriptorInvalid( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Invalid artifact descriptor for " + event.getArtifact() + ": "
+            + event.getException().getMessage() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactDescriptorMissing( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Missing artifact descriptor for " + event.getArtifact() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactInstalled( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Installed " + event.getArtifact() + " to " + event.getFile() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactInstalling( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Installing " + event.getArtifact() + " to " + event.getFile() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactResolved( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Resolved artifact " + event.getArtifact() + " from " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactDownloading( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Downloading artifact " + event.getArtifact() + " from " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactDownloaded( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Downloaded artifact " + event.getArtifact() + " from " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void artifactResolving( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Resolving artifact " + event.getArtifact() );
+    }
+
+    public void metadataDeployed( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Deployed " + event.getMetadata() + " to " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void metadataDeploying( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Deploying " + event.getMetadata() + " to " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void metadataInstalled( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Installed " + event.getMetadata() + " to " + event.getFile() );
+    }
+
+    public void metadataInstalling( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Installing " + event.getMetadata() + " to " + event.getFile() );
+    }
+
+    public void metadataInvalid( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Invalid metadata " + event.getMetadata() );
+    }
+
+    public void metadataResolved( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Resolved metadata " + event.getMetadata() + " from " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+    public void metadataResolving( RepositoryEvent event )
+    {
+        out.println( "Resolving metadata " + event.getMetadata() + " from " + event.getRepository() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleTransferListener.java b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleTransferListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b3c959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/resolver/examples/util/ConsoleTransferListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+package org.apache.maven.resolver.examples.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.transfer.AbstractTransferListener;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transfer.MetadataNotFoundException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transfer.TransferEvent;
+import org.eclipse.aether.transfer.TransferResource;
+
+/**
+ * A simplistic transfer listener that logs uploads/downloads to the console.
+ */
+public class ConsoleTransferListener
+    extends AbstractTransferListener
+{
+
+    private PrintStream out;
+
+    private Map<TransferResource, Long> downloads = new ConcurrentHashMap<TransferResource, Long>();
+
+    private int lastLength;
+
+    public ConsoleTransferListener()
+    {
+        this( null );
+    }
+
+    public ConsoleTransferListener( PrintStream out )
+    {
+        this.out = ( out != null ) ? out : System.out;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void transferInitiated( TransferEvent event )
+    {
+        String message = event.getRequestType() == TransferEvent.RequestType.PUT ? "Uploading" : "Downloading";
+
+        out.println( message + ": " + event.getResource().getRepositoryUrl() + event.getResource().getResourceName() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void transferProgressed( TransferEvent event )
+    {
+        TransferResource resource = event.getResource();
+        downloads.put( resource, Long.valueOf( event.getTransferredBytes() ) );
+
+        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder( 64 );
+
+        for ( Map.Entry<TransferResource, Long> entry : downloads.entrySet() )
+        {
+            long total = entry.getKey().getContentLength();
+            long complete = entry.getValue().longValue();
+
+            buffer.append( getStatus( complete, total ) ).append( "  " );
+        }
+
+        int pad = lastLength - buffer.length();
+        lastLength = buffer.length();
+        pad( buffer, pad );
+        buffer.append( '\r' );
+
+        out.print( buffer );
+    }
+
+    private String getStatus( long complete, long total )
+    {
+        if ( total >= 1024 )
+        {
+            return toKB( complete ) + "/" + toKB( total ) + " KB ";
+        }
+        else if ( total >= 0 )
+        {
+            return complete + "/" + total + " B ";
+        }
+        else if ( complete >= 1024 )
+        {
+            return toKB( complete ) + " KB ";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return complete + " B ";
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void pad( StringBuilder buffer, int spaces )
+    {
+        String block = "                                        ";
+        while ( spaces > 0 )
+        {
+            int n = Math.min( spaces, block.length() );
+            buffer.append( block, 0, n );
+            spaces -= n;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void transferSucceeded( TransferEvent event )
+    {
+        transferCompleted( event );
+
+        TransferResource resource = event.getResource();
+        long contentLength = event.getTransferredBytes();
+        if ( contentLength >= 0 )
+        {
+            String type = ( event.getRequestType() == TransferEvent.RequestType.PUT ? "Uploaded" : "Downloaded" );
+            String len = contentLength >= 1024 ? toKB( contentLength ) + " KB" : contentLength + " B";
+
+            String throughput = "";
+            long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - resource.getTransferStartTime();
+            if ( duration > 0 )
+            {
+                long bytes = contentLength - resource.getResumeOffset();
+                DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat( "0.0", new DecimalFormatSymbols( Locale.ENGLISH ) );
+                double kbPerSec = ( bytes / 1024.0 ) / ( duration / 1000.0 );
+                throughput = " at " + format.format( kbPerSec ) + " KB/sec";
+            }
+
+            out.println( type + ": " + resource.getRepositoryUrl() + resource.getResourceName() + " (" + len
+                + throughput + ")" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void transferFailed( TransferEvent event )
+    {
+        transferCompleted( event );
+
+        if ( !( event.getException() instanceof MetadataNotFoundException ) )
+        {
+            event.getException().printStackTrace( out );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void transferCompleted( TransferEvent event )
+    {
+        downloads.remove( event.getResource() );
+
+        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder( 64 );
+        pad( buffer, lastLength );
+        buffer.append( '\r' );
+        out.print( buffer );
+    }
+
+    public void transferCorrupted( TransferEvent event )
+    {
+        event.getException().printStackTrace( out );
+    }
+
+    protected long toKB( long bytes )
+    {
+        return ( bytes + 1023 ) / 1024;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/site/site.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a16bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/maven-resolver-demo-snippets/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="JavaDocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="parent"/>
+    <menu ref="reports"/>
+  </body>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b44b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>30</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom/maven/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-resolver-demos</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Artifact Resolver Demos</name>
+  <description>
+    Maven Artifact Resolver demos, showing concrete code to use Maven Artifact Resolver with Maven repositories.
+  </description>
+  <url>https://maven.apache.org/resolver-demos/</url>
+  <inceptionYear>2010</inceptionYear>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-resolver.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-resolver.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/apache/maven-resolver/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
+    <tag>demos</tag>
+  </scm>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>jira</system>
+    <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRESOLVER</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>Jenkins</system>
+    <url>https://builds.apache.org/job/maven-resolver-demos</url>
+  </ciManagement>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <site>
+      <id>apache.website</id>
+      <url>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/maven/components/${maven.site.path}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>maven-resolver-demo-snippets</module>
+    <module>maven-resolver-demo-maven-plugin</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.site.path>resolver-demos</maven.site.path>
+    <checkstyle.violation.ignore>LineLength,MagicNumber,AvoidNestedBlocks</checkstyle.violation.ignore>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <!-- the child modules are just source code demos and not to be shared as artifacts -->
+            <skip>true</skip>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/src/site/resources/download.cgi b/maven-resolver-demos/src/site/resources/download.cgi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b178d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/src/site/resources/download.cgi
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# Just call the standard mirrors.cgi script. It will use download.html
+# as the input template.
+exec /www/www.apache.org/dyn/mirrors/mirrors.cgi $*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-resolver-demos/src/site/site.xml b/maven-resolver-demos/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d06885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-resolver-demos/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.1.0.xsd"
+  name="Maven Artifact Resolver Demos">
+
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="JavaDocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+      <item name="License" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/"/>
+      <item name="Download" href="download.html"/>
+    </menu>
+    <menu name="See Also" inherit="bottom">
+      <item name="Maven Artifact Resolver" href="https://maven.apache.org/resolver/"/>
+      <item name="Maven Artifact Resolver Provider" href="https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-resolver-provider/"/>
+      <item name="Maven Artifact Resolver Ant Tasks" href="https://maven.apache.org/resolver-ant-tasks/"/>
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="modules"/>
+    <menu ref="reports"/>
+  </body>
+</project>
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<document>
+  <properties>
+    <title>Download ${project.name} Source</title>
+  </properties>
+  <body>
+    <section name="Download ${project.name} ${project.version} Source">
+
+      <p>${project.name} ${project.version} is distributed in source format. Use a source archive if you intend to build
+      ${project.name} yourself. Otherwise, simply use the ready-made binary artifacts from central repository.</p>
+
+      <p>You will be prompted for a mirror - if the file is not found on yours, please be patient, as it may take 24
+      hours to reach all mirrors.<p/>
+
+      <p>In order to guard against corrupted downloads/installations, it is highly recommended to
+      <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing#verifying-signature">verify the signature</a>
+      of the release bundles against the public <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/maven/KEYS">KEYS</a> used by the Apache Maven
+      developers.</p>
+
+      <p>${project.name} is distributed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/">Apache License, version 2.0</a>.</p>
+
+      <p></p>We <b>strongly</b> encourage our users to configure a Maven repository mirror closer to their location, please read <a href="/guides/mini/guide-mirror-settings.html">How to Use Mirrors for Repositories</a>.</p>
+
+      <a name="mirror"/>
+      <subsection name="Mirror">
+
+        <p>
+          [if-any logo]
+          <a href="[link]">
+            <img align="right" src="[logo]" border="0"
+                 alt="logo"/>
+          </a>
+          [end]
+          The currently selected mirror is
+          <b>[preferred]</b>.
+          If you encounter a problem with this mirror,
+          please select another mirror.
+          If all mirrors are failing, there are
+          <i>backup</i>
+          mirrors
+          (at the end of the mirrors list) that should be available.
+        </p>
+
+        <form action="[location]" method="get" id="SelectMirror">
+          Other mirrors:
+          <select name="Preferred">
+            [if-any http]
+            [for http]
+            <option value="[http]">[http]</option>
+            [end]
+            [end]
+            [if-any ftp]
+            [for ftp]
+            <option value="[ftp]">[ftp]</option>
+            [end]
+            [end]
+            [if-any backup]
+            [for backup]
+            <option value="[backup]">[backup] (backup)</option>
+            [end]
+            [end]
+          </select>
+          <input type="submit" value="Change"/>
+        </form>
+
+        <p>
+          You may also consult the
+          <a href="http://www.apache.org/mirrors/">complete list of
+            mirrors.</a>
+        </p>
+
+      </subsection>
+      
+      <subsection name="${project.name} ${project.version}">
+        
+      <p>This is the current stable version of ${project.name}.</p>
+        
+      <table>
+        <thead>
+          <tr>
+            <th></th>
+            <th>Link</th>
+            <th>Checksum</th>
+            <th>Signature</th>
+          </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+          <tr>
+            <td>${project.name} ${project.version} (Source zip)</td>
+            <td><a href="[preferred]maven/resolver/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip">maven/resolver/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip</a></td>
+            <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/maven/resolver/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.md5">maven/resolver/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.md5</a></td>
+            <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/maven/resolver/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.asc">maven/resolver/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.asc</a></td>
+          </tr>
+        </tbody>
+      </table>
+      </subsection>
+
+      <subsection name="Previous Versions">
+        
+      <p>Older non-recommended releases can be found on our <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/resolver/">archive site</a>.</p>
+
+      </subsection>
+    </section>
+  </body>
+</document>
+