if (!startParameter.getProjectDir().exists()) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("The specified project directory '%s' does not exist.", startParameter.getProjectDir()));
                }
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("The specified project directory '%s' is not a directory.", startParameter.getProjectDir()));
            }
        }

 * A {@code PathType} can identify the class-path, the module-path, the patches for a specific module,
 * or another kind of path.
 *
 * <p>One path type is handled in a special way: unlike other options,
 * the paths specified in a {@code --patch-module} Java option is effective only for a specified module.
 * This type is created by calls to {@link #patchModule(String)} and a new instance must be created for

 * create a dependency graph. First, only the root dependency can be given. Second, a root dependency and direct
 * dependencies can be specified in which case the specified direct dependencies are merged with the direct dependencies
 * retrieved from the artifact descriptor of the root dependency. And last, only direct dependencies can be specified in
 * which case the root node of the resulting graph has no associated dependency.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */

    }

    /**
     * Converts all line separators in the specified string to the specified line separator.
     */
    @Nullable
    public static String convertLineSeparators(@Nullable String str, String sep) {
        return str == null ? null : replaceLineSeparatorsOf(str, sep);
    }

    /**
     * Converts all line separators in the specified non-null string to the Unix line separator {@code \n}.
     */

   * Returns a {@link Collector} that accumulates elements into a {@code Table} created using the
   * specified supplier, whose cells are generated by applying the provided mapping functions to the
   * input elements. Cells are inserted into the generated {@code Table} in encounter order.
   *
   * <p>If multiple input elements map to the same row and column, the specified merging function is
   * used to combine the values. Like {@link

   * first specified. That is, if multiple elements are {@linkplain Object#equals equal}, all except
   * the first are ignored.
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(2, e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable set containing the given elements, minus duplicates, in the order each was

  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(

    return new ImmutableRangeSet.Builder<C>().addAll(ranges).build();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an {@code ImmutableRangeSet} representing the union of the specified ranges.
   *
   * <p>This is the smallest {@code RangeSet} which encloses each of the specified ranges. Duplicate
   * or connected ranges are permitted, and will be coalesced in the result.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */

     *
     * @param groupId the group identifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param artifactId the artifact identifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param version the artifact version, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param classifier the artifact classifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param extension the artifact extension, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param type the artifact type, or {@code null} is unspecified

  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified multiset. Query operations on the returned
   * multiset "read through" to the specified multiset, and attempts to modify the returned multiset
   * result in an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
   *
   * <p>The returned multiset will be serializable if the specified multiset is serializable.
   *