*
 */
public interface MetadataReader {

    /**
     * The key for the option to enable strict parsing. This option is of type {@link Boolean} and defaults to {@code
     * true}. If {@code false}, unknown elements will be ignored instead of causing a failure.
     */
    String IS_STRICT = "org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.isStrict";

    /**

            // even before the arguments from the command line are parsed.  Any exception
            // that would happen here should cause the build to fail at a later stage
            // (when actually parsing the POM) and will lead to a better exception being
            // displayed to the user, so just bail out and return false.
        }
        return false;
    }

   * @param radix the radix to use while parsing {@code s}; must be between {@link
   *     Character#MIN_RADIX} and {@link Character#MAX_RADIX}.
   * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a valid unsigned {@code int}, or
   *     if supplied radix is invalid.
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code s} is null (in contrast to {@link
   *     Integer#parseInt(String)})
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

    /**
     * Parse the model obtained previously by a previous call to {@link #locate(Path)}.
     *
     * @param source the source to parse, never {@code null}
     * @param options possible parsing options, may be {@code null}
     * @return the parsed {@link Model}, never {@code null}
     * @throws ModelParserException if the model cannot be parsed
     */
    @Nonnull

    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */
    public static Model fromXml(@Nonnull String xml) throws XmlReaderException {
        return new DefaultModelXmlFactory().fromXmlString(xml);
    }

    /**

    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */
    public static Model fromXml(@Nonnull String xml) throws XmlReaderException {
        return new DefaultModelXmlFactory().fromXmlString(xml);
    }

    /**

    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns an optional enum constant for the given type, using {@link Enum#valueOf}. If the
   * constant does not exist, {@link Optional#absent} is returned. A common use case is for parsing
   * user input or falling back to a default enum constant. For example, {@code
   * Enums.getIfPresent(Country.class, countryInput).or(Country.DEFAULT);}
   *
   * @since 12.0
   */

  }

  /**
   * Parses a bracketed host-port string, throwing IllegalArgumentException if parsing fails.
   *
   * @param hostPortString the full bracketed host-port specification. Port might not be specified.
   * @return an array with 2 strings: host and port, in that order.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if parsing the bracketed host-port string fails.
   */

      }
      try {
        parseInteger(spec, Integer.parseInt(value));
      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            format("key %s value set to %s, must be integer", key, value), e);
      }
    }
  }

  /** Base class for parsing integers. */
  abstract static class LongParser implements ValueParser {

     *
     * @param version the version string to parse
     * @return the version parsed from the given string
     * @throws org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParserException if the parsing failed
     * @see org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParser#parseVersion(String)
     */
    @Nonnull
    Version parseVersion(@Nonnull String version);

    /**