/**
     * Gets the assembled settings.
     *
     * @return the assembled settings, never {@code null}
     */
    @Nonnull
    Settings getEffectiveSettings();

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

    }

    private Settings build(SettingsBuildingRequest request) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {
        try {
            return settingsBuilder.build(request).getEffectiveSettings();
        } catch (SettingsBuildingException e) {
            throw new IOException(e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    /** @since 2.1 */
    @Override