* using {@code asXxx} or {@code toXxx} prefixes are also supported.
 *
 * @deprecated use {@link org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilder} instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public class ReflectionValueExtractor {
    private static final Object[] OBJECT_ARGS = new Object[0];

    /**
     * Use a WeakHashMap here, so the keys (Class objects) can be garbage collected.

        Object value = new ValueHolder(list);

        assertNull(ReflectionValueExtractor.evaluate("h.value[", value));
        assertNull(ReflectionValueExtractor.evaluate("h.value[]", value));
        assertNull(ReflectionValueExtractor.evaluate("h.value[a]", value));
        assertNull(ReflectionValueExtractor.evaluate("h.value[0", value));
        assertNull(ReflectionValueExtractor.evaluate("h.value[0)", value));

     * <p><b>NOTE:</b> The object-graph nagivation actually takes place via the
     * {@link ReflectionValueExtractor} class.</p>
     */
    public Object getValue(String expression) {
        if (expression == null || expression.trim().isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }

        try {
            return ReflectionValueExtractor.evaluate(expression, root, false);
        } catch (Exception e) {