[m2e-dev] Use m2e in another plugin

[laeubi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi,

I'd like two write a plugin that builds on top of m2e.
In this plugin I need the following function:

 - find an artifact by groupid/artifactid/version
 - find dependencies for this artifacr

can someone tell me if this is possible and where I have to start to get 
this information?

I don't want to gather this info in the context of a project (so no 
pom.xml) but completely programatic only based on the global m2e config 
found in Maven>>User Settings.

thanks in advance for any hint.