xml.namespace="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/${version}"
  xml.schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-${version}.xsd">
  <id>settings</id>
  <name>Settings</name>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[
    <p>This is a reference for the user-specific configuration for Maven.</p>

import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Activation;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.ActivationOS;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.ActivationProperty;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Profile;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Repository;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.RepositoryPolicy;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings;
import org.apache.maven.settings.v4.SettingsMerger;

/**

import org.apache.maven.api.services.xml.XmlReaderRequest;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Profile;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Repository;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.RepositoryPolicy;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Server;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings;
import org.apache.maven.settings.v4.SettingsMerger;
import org.apache.maven.settings.v4.SettingsTransformer;

import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
import org.apache.maven.settings.Mirror;
import org.apache.maven.settings.Proxy;
import org.apache.maven.settings.Server;
import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException;

                lookup);

        Settings settings = session.getService(SettingsBuilder.class)
                .build(
                        session,
                        mavenSystemHome != null ? mavenSystemHome.resolve("settings.xml") : null,
                        mavenUserHome.resolve("settings.xml"))
                .getEffectiveSettings();

        settings.getProfiles();

        // local repository

import org.apache.maven.model.Repository;
import org.apache.maven.model.io.ModelReader;
import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.ArtifactWithDependencies;
import org.apache.maven.settings.Mirror;
import org.apache.maven.settings.Proxy;
import org.apache.maven.settings.Server;
import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
import org.eclipse.sisu.Priority;

/**
 */
@Named
@Singleton
@Priority(10)
@Deprecated

    }

    /**
     * @param settings could be null
     * @return a new instance of settings or null if settings was null.
     */
    public static org.apache.maven.settings.Settings copySettings(org.apache.maven.settings.Settings settings) {
        if (settings == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return new org.apache.maven.settings.Settings(settings.getDelegate());
    }

import org.apache.maven.api.services.BuilderProblem;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Mirror;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Profile;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Proxy;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Repository;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Server;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings;

/**
 */
public class DefaultSettingsValidator {

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.ThreadSafe;
import org.apache.maven.api.model.Repository;
import org.apache.maven.api.services.DependencyCoordinateFactory;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings;

/**
 * The session to install / deploy / resolve artifacts and dependencies.
 *
 * TODO: move the remote repositories in the requests (plugins will need to access this list somehow)

     */
    boolean isProcessPlugins();

    /**
     * Defines external profiles that may be activated for the given model.
     * Those are external profiles usually defined in {@link org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings#getProfiles()}.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Collection<Profile> getProfiles();

    /**
     * List of profile ids that have been explicitly activated by the user.
     */
    @Nonnull