this.basedir = basedir;
    }

    @Override
    public Object evaluate(String expr) throws ExpressionEvaluationException {
        return evaluate(expr, null);
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:methodlength")
    public Object evaluate(String expr, Class<?> type) throws ExpressionEvaluationException {
        Object value = null;

        if (expr == null) {
            return null;

import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.lookup.DefaultConverterLookup;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluationException;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluator;
import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;
import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.xml.XmlPlexusConfiguration;

import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.ComponentConfigurator;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.ConfigurationListener;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluationException;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluator;
import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentDescriptor;