plugin = new Plugin();
            plugin.setGroupId(tok[0]);
            plugin.setArtifactId(tok[1]);
            plugin.setVersion(tok[2]);
            goal = tok[3];

            // This won't be valid, but it constructs something easy to read in the error message
            for (int idx = 4; idx < tok.length; idx++) {
                goal += ":" + tok[idx];
            }
        } else if (numTokens == 3) {

     *
     * @return the toolchain type
     */
    String getType();

    /**
     * Gets the platform tool executable.
     *
     * @param toolName the tool platform independent tool name
     * @return file representing the tool executable, or null if the tool cannot be found
     */
    String findTool(String toolName);

    /**
     * Let the toolchain decide if it matches requirements defined

            name: 'ITS_BRANCH' )
  }
  stages {
    stage("Build Maven Core") {
      steps {
        withEnv(["JAVA_HOME=${ tool "JDK 1.8 (latest)" }", "PATH+MAVEN=${tool 'Maven 3.6.3'}/bin:${env.JAVA_HOME}/bin"]) {
            sh "mvn -Drat.skip=true -T2 -B -V install -PversionlessMavenDist -Dmaven.repo.local=${env.WORKSPACE}/repo"
        }
      }
    }

/**
 */
public interface BuildPluginManager {
    // igorf: Way too many declared exceptions!
    PluginDescriptor loadPlugin(Plugin plugin, List<RemoteRepository> repositories, RepositorySystemSession session)
            throws PluginNotFoundException, PluginResolutionException, PluginDescriptorParsingException,
                    InvalidPluginDescriptorException;

    // igorf: Way too many declared exceptions!
    MojoDescriptor getMojoDescriptor(

 with its <<<DefaultArtifact>>> implementation ({{{./xref/org/apache/maven/artifact/DefaultArtifact.html}source}}).

 The jar file is executable and provides a little tool to display how Maven parses and compares versions:

+----+
$ java -jar maven-artifact-*.jar 3.2.4-alpha-1 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT 3.2.4.0
Display parameters as parsed by Maven (in canonical form) and comparison result:

 * artifactId, and version for the plugin; at times, the goal name for which
 * execution failed; a message detailing the problem; the ClassRealm used to
 * look up the plugin; and the Plexus exception that caused this error.
 *
 *
 */
public class PluginContainerException extends PluginManagerException {

    private ClassRealm pluginRealm;

    MavenProject build(File pom, ProjectBuilderConfiguration configuration) throws ProjectBuildingException;

    // TODO maven-site-plugin -- not used by the plugin directly, but used by Doxia Integration Tool & MPIR
    // see DOXIASITETOOLS-167 & MPIR-349
    MavenProject build(File pom, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ProfileManager profileManager)
            throws ProjectBuildingException;

META-INF/MANIFEST.MF Manifest-Version: 1.0 Archiver-Version: Plexus Archiver Created-By: Apache Maven Built-By: Brett Build-Jdk: 1.5.0_04 Extension-Name: maven-plugin-api Specification-Title: Maven is a project development management and com prehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model: buil ds, dependency management, documentation creation, site publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from the declarative file. Maven can be extended by plugins to utilise a number...

@REM Find the project basedir, i.e., the directory that contains the directory ".mvn".
@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.

set "EXEC_DIR=%CD%"
set "WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%"

@REM Look for the --file switch and start the search for the .mvn directory from the specified
@REM POM location, if supplied.

set FILE_ARG=
:arg_loop
if "%~1" == "-f" (
  set "FILE_ARG=%~2"
  shift
  goto process_file_arg

    }

    public void execute(MavenSession session) {
        lifecycleStarter.execute(session);
    }

    // These methods deal with construction intact Plugin object that look like they come from a standard
    // <plugin/> block in a Maven POM. We have to do some wiggling to pull the sources of information
    // together and this really shows the problem of constructing a sensible default configuration but