* The dot separator is not included in the returned string.
     *
     * @return the file extension or an empty string if none, never {@code null}
     * @see ArtifactCoordinates#getExtension()
     */
    @Nonnull
    String getExtension();

    /**
     * Determines whether this artifact uses a snapshot version.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the artifact is a snapshot, {@code false} otherwise

     * The dot separator is not included in the returned string.
     *
     * @return the file extension or an empty string if none, never {@code null}
     */
    @Nonnull
    String getExtension();

    /**
     * {@return a unique string identifying this artifact}.
     *
     * The default implementation returns a colon-separated list of group

            this.type = type;
        }

        @Override
        public String getId() {
            return type.id();
        }

        @Override
        public String getExtension() {
            return type.getExtension();
        }

        @Override
        public String getClassifier() {
            return type.getClassifier() == null ? "" : type.getClassifier();
        }

        @Override

    }

    private String id(org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact artifact) {
        return artifact.getGroupId()
                + ":" + artifact.getArtifactId()
                + ":" + artifact.getArtifactHandler().getExtension()
                + (artifact.getClassifier() == null || artifact.getClassifier().isEmpty()
                        ? ""
                        : ":" + artifact.getClassifier())

            oldExtension.setClassLoadingStrategy(extension.getClassLoadingStrategy());
        }
        this.extension = oldExtension;
    }

    public CoreExtension getExtension() {
        return extension;
    }

    }

    public static ArtifactHandler newHandler(Artifact artifact) {
        String type = artifact.getProperty(ArtifactProperties.TYPE, artifact.getExtension());
        return new DefaultArtifactHandler(
                type,
                artifact.getExtension(),
                null,
                null,
                null,

                    currentType = registry.get(node.getArtifact()
                            .getProperty(
                                    ArtifactProperties.TYPE, node.getArtifact().getExtension()));
                    if (currentType == null) {
                        currentType = jar;
                    }
                }
                if (!stack.isEmpty()) {

    /**
     * Returns the extension of the path.
     *
     * @param path
     *            The path. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return The extension.
     */
    public static String getExtension(final String path) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("path", path);

        final int extPos = path.lastIndexOf(".");
        if (extPos >= 0) {
            return path.substring(extPos + 1);
        }

        List<Artifact> mains = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Artifact artifact : artifacts) {
            if ("pom".equals(artifact.getExtension()) || artifact.getExtension().startsWith("pom.")) {
                if (CONSUMER_POM_CLASSIFIER.equals(artifact.getClassifier())) {
                    consumers.add(artifact);
                } else if ("".equals(artifact.getClassifier())) {
                    mains.add(artifact);
                }

                || ("jar".equals(artifact.getExtension()) && "tests".equals(artifact.getClassifier()));
    }

    private File findInProjectLocalRepository(Artifact artifact) {
        // Prefer the consumer POM when resolving POMs from the project-local repository,
        // to avoid treating a build POM as a repository (consumer) POM.
        if ("pom".equals(artifact.getExtension())) {