import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Immutable;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

/**
 * A result of collecting, flattening and resolving {@link DependencyCoordinates}s.
 * Dependency is the output of the <dfn>collection</dfn> process, which builds the graph of dependencies,
 * followed by <dfn>flattening</dfn> and <dfn>resolution</dfn>.
 * The version selection is done for each dependency during the collection phase.

 *
 * <p><dfn>Dependency collection</dfn> builds a graph of {@link org.apache.maven.api.Node} objects representing
 * all the dependencies.</p>
 *
 * <p>The <dfn>Dependency graph flattening</dfn> process in Maven involves reducing a complex,
 * multi-level dependency graph to a simpler list where only the most relevant version of each artifact