* @param oldValue the expected data currently associated with the key, may be {@code null}
     * @param newValue the data to associate with the key, may be {@code null} to remove the mapping
     * @return {@code true} if the key mapping was successfully updated from the old value to the new value,

     * @return the parsed version constraint, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the range specification violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     */
    @Nonnull
    VersionConstraint parseVersionConstraint(@Nonnull String constraint);

    /**
     * Checks whether a given artifact version is considered a {@code SNAPSHOT} or not.
     */

     */
    Map<String, String> getUserProperties();

    /**
     * Gets the base directory of the current project (if any).
     *
     * @return The base directory of the current project or {@code null} if none.
     */
    Path getProjectDirectory();

    /**
     * Gets current calculated project properties
     *
     * @return The project properties, never {@code null}.
     */

    /**
     * Returns {@link Artifact} instance where to relocate to, or {@code null}.
     *
     * @param session The session, never {@code null}.
     * @param result The artifact descriptor result, never {@code null}.
     * @param model The artifact model, never {@code null}.
     * @return The {@link Artifact} to relocate to, or {@code null} if no relocation wanted.
     */

     * behavior, this method accepts both the forward slash and the backward slash as separator.
     *
     * @param path The filesystem path, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @return The altered filesystem path or <code>null</code> if the input path was <code>null</code>.
     */
    private String chopLeadingFileSeparator(String path) {
        if (path != null) {
            if (path.startsWith("/") || path.startsWith("\\")) {

 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface TypeRegistry extends ExtensibleEnumRegistry<Type> {

    /**
     * Obtain the {@link Type} from the specified {@code id}.
     * If no type is known for {@code id}, the registry will
     * create a custom {@code Type} for it.
     *
     * @param id the id of the type to retrieve
     * @return the type
     */
    @Nonnull
    @Override

    /**
     * Normalizes the well-known URLs of the specified model.
     *
     * @param model The model whose URLs should be normalized, may be {@code null}.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
     */
    Model normalize(Model model, ModelBuilderRequest request);

 * commandline
 */
public interface ModelVersionProcessor {

    /**
     * @param property the property to check
     * @return <code>true</code> if this is a valid property for this processor
     */
    boolean isValidProperty(String property);

    /**

/**
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface ToolchainsBuilderResult {
    /**
     * Gets the assembled toolchains.
     *
     * @return the assembled toolchains, never {@code null}
     */
    @Nonnull
    PersistedToolchains getEffectiveToolchains();

    /**
     * Gets the problems that were encountered during the settings building. Note that only problems of severity

    /**
     * Gets the global Toolchains source.
     *
     * @return the global Toolchains source or {@code null} if none
     */
    @Nonnull
    Optional<Source> getGlobalToolchainsSource();

    /**
     * Gets the user Toolchains source.
     *
     * @return the user Toolchains source or {@code null} if none
     */
    @Nonnull
    Optional<Source> getUserToolchainsSource();

    @Nonnull