* upcasts every method to the nearest acccessible method.
     */
    private static Method[] getAccessibleMethods(Class<?> clazz) {
        Method[] methods = clazz.getMethods();

        // Short circuit for the (hopefully) majority of cases where the
        // clazz is public
        if (Modifier.isPublic(clazz.getModifiers())) {
            return methods;
        }

    }

    /**
     * Returns the resource path.
     *
     * @param clazz
     *            The class. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return The resource path.
     */
    public static String getResourcePath(final Class<?> clazz) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("clazz", clazz);

        return clazz.getName().replace('.', '/') + ".class";
    }

    /**
     * Returns the context class loader.

        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the package name of the specified class.
     *
     * @param clazz
     *            The class. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return The package name.
     */
    public static String getPackageName(final Class<?> clazz) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("clazz", clazz);

        final String fqcn = clazz.getName();

      implements Predicate<T>, Serializable {
    private final Class<?> clazz;

    private InstanceOfPredicate(Class<?> clazz) {
      this.clazz = checkNotNull(clazz);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean apply(@ParametricNullness T o) {
      return clazz.isInstance(o);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return clazz.hashCode();
    }

    @Override

     *
     * @param clazz The implementation type
     * @return Instance of given implementation
     */
    private static <T> T newImplementation(final Class<T> clazz) {
        try {
            return clazz.newInstance();
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create instance of: " + clazz, e);
        } catch (final LinkageError e) {

            if (clazz == ArtifactCoordinatesFactory.class) {
                return (T) new DefaultArtifactCoordinatesFactory();
            } else if (clazz == VersionParser.class) {
                return (T) new DefaultVersionParser(new DefaultModelVersionParser(new GenericVersionScheme()));
            } else if (clazz == VersionRangeResolver.class) {

     * Finds the default converter corresponding to the class.
     *
     * @param clazz
     *            The class
     * @return The converter
     */
    protected Converter findDefaultConverter(final Class<?> clazz) {
        if (clazz == java.sql.Date.class) {
            return DEFAULT_DATE_CONVERTER;
        }
        if (clazz == Time.class) {
            return DEFAULT_TIME_CONVERTER;
        }

            if (clazz == ArtifactCoordinatesFactory.class) {
                return (T) new DefaultArtifactCoordinatesFactory();
            } else if (clazz == VersionParser.class) {
                return (T) new DefaultVersionParser(new DefaultModelVersionParser(new GenericVersionScheme()));
            } else if (clazz == VersionRangeResolver.class) {

  }

  static void assertSeedlessHashFunctionEquals(Class<?> clazz) throws Exception {
    for (Method method : clazz.getDeclaredMethods()) {
      if (shouldHaveKnownHashes(method)) {
        HashFunction hashFunction1a = (HashFunction) method.invoke(clazz);
        HashFunction hashFunction1b = (HashFunction) method.invoke(clazz);

        new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(hashFunction1a, hashFunction1b).testEquals();

      implements Predicate<T>, Serializable {
    private final Class<?> clazz;

    private InstanceOfPredicate(Class<?> clazz) {
      this.clazz = checkNotNull(clazz);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean apply(@ParametricNullness T o) {
      return clazz.isInstance(o);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return clazz.hashCode();
    }

    @Override