}

        public String getGroupId() {
            return nullify(metadata.getGroupId());
        }

        public String getArtifactId() {
            return nullify(metadata.getArtifactId());
        }

        public String getBaseVersion() {
            return nullify(metadata.getVersion());
        }

        private String nullify(String str) {

 * of the public API. In particular, this class can be changed or deleted without prior notice.
 *
 */
public class RepositoryUtils {

    private static String nullify(String string) {
        return (string == null || string.isEmpty()) ? null : string;
    }

    private static org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact toArtifact(Dependency dependency) {
        if (dependency == null) {

 *           // Services have been initialized and are healthy, start accepting requests...
 *         }
 *         public void failure(Service service) {
 *           // Something failed, at this point we could log it, notify a load balancer, or take
 *           // some other action.  For now we will just exit.
 *           System.exit(1);
 *         }
 *       },
 *       MoreExecutors.directExecutor());
 *

    if (ticker != null) {
      return ticker;
    }
    return recordsTime ? Ticker.systemTicker() : NULL_TICKER;
  }

  /**
   * Specifies a listener instance that caches should notify each time an entry is removed for any
   * {@linkplain RemovalCause reason}. Each cache created by this builder will invoke this listener
   * as part of the routine maintenance described in the class documentation above.
   *