return (T[]) Arrays.copyOfRange(array, 0, array.length);
  }

  // TODO: Consolidate different copies in one single place.
  static String format(String template, Object... args) {
    // start substituting the arguments into the '%s' placeholders
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(template.length() + 16 * args.length);
    int templateStart = 0;
    int i = 0;
    while (i < args.length) {

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * The Interpolator service provides methods for variable substitution in strings and maps.
 * It allows for the replacement of placeholders (e.g., ${variable}) with their corresponding values.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface Interpolator extends Service {

#
# In Bash we could simply go:
#
#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
#
# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse

#
# In Bash we could simply go:
#
#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
#
# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse