return context.userDirectory.resolve(userDefinedLocalRepo).normalize();
        }
        // defaults
        return context.userDirectory
                .resolve(context.protoSession.getEffectiveProperties().get(Constants.MAVEN_USER_CONF))
                .resolve("repository")
                .normalize();
    }

        public int getType() {
            return LIST_ITEM;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isNull() {
            return (size() == 0);
        }

        void normalize() {
            for (int i = size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                Item lastItem = get(i);

                if (lastItem.isNull()) {
                    if (i == size() - 1 || get(i + 1).getType() == STRING_ITEM) {

        // similar component for re-usage
        if (file != null) {
            if (file.isAbsolute()) {
                // path was already absolute, just normalize file separator and we're done
            } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
                // drive-relative Windows path, don't align with project directory but with drive root

            if (retValue.length() >= 2 && retValue.charAt(1) == '|') {
                retValue = retValue.charAt(0) + ":" + retValue.substring(2);
            }

            // normalize separators
            retValue = new File(retValue).getPath();
        }

        if (retValue == null) {
            retValue = "/";
        }
        return retValue.trim();
    }

    /**

            return Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.home"))
                    .resolve(string.substring(2))
                    .normalize()
                    .toAbsolutePath();
        } else {
            // resolve based on $CWD
            return Paths.get(string).normalize().toAbsolutePath();
        }
    }

    private VersionFilter buildVersionFilter(String filterExpression) {

            File currentPom = project.getFile();
            if (currentPom != null) {
                MavenSession session = event.getSession();
                Path current = currentPom.toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
                Path topDirectory = session.getTopDirectory();
                if (topDirectory != null && current.startsWith(topDirectory)) {
                    current = topDirectory.relativize(current);

            File currentPom = project.getFile();
            if (currentPom != null) {
                MavenSession session = event.getSession();
                Path current = currentPom.toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
                Path topDirectory = session.getTopDirectory();
                if (topDirectory != null && current.startsWith(topDirectory)) {
                    current = topDirectory.relativize(current);

                } else {
                    Path topDirectory = mavenSession.getTopDirectory();
                    Path locationPath = Paths.get(location).toAbsolutePath().normalize();
                    if (locationPath.startsWith(topDirectory)) {
                        locationPath = topDirectory.relativize(locationPath);
                    }

            if (installationToolchainsFileStr != null) {
                installationToolchainsFile = context.installationDirectory
                        .resolve(installationToolchainsFileStr)
                        .normalize();
            }
        }

        request.setInstallationToolchainsFile(
                installationToolchainsFile != null ? installationToolchainsFile.toFile() : null);

	// check for quoted string (string may not contain a quote)
	if match, err := regexp.MatchString("^\"[^\"]+\"$", name); err != nil {
		return err
	} else if match {
		return nil
	}

	// normalize the name to letters, digits, _ or $
	valid := true
	cleaned := strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
		switch {
		case unicode.IsLetter(r):
			return 'a'
		case unicode.IsDigit(r):
			return '0'