* @param path path to the JAR file or output directory of the dependency
     * @return where to place the dependency, or an empty value if the placement cannot be determined
     * @throws IOException if an error occurred while reading module information
     */
    Optional<PathType> selectPathType(Set<PathType> types, Predicate<PathType> filter, Path path) throws IOException {

     * to the module-path if it contains a {@code module-info.class}, or to the class-path otherwise.
     * For the test output directory, the rules are more complex and are governed by the fact that
     * Java does not accept the placement of two modules of the same name on the module-path.
     * So the modular test output directory usually needs to be placed in a {@code --path-module} option.
     *
     * <ul>