* an artifact.</p>
 *
 * <p><dfn>Artifact resolution</dfn> is the process of {@linkplain org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionResolver
 * resolving the version} and then downloading the file.</p>
 *
 * <p><dfn>Dependency collection</dfn> builds a graph of {@link org.apache.maven.api.Node} objects representing
 * all the dependencies.</p>
 *
 * <p>The <dfn>Dependency graph flattening</dfn> process in Maven involves reducing a complex,

 * <li><dfn>Private Remote Repository</dfn>: Organizations often maintain their own private remote repositories, which may host proprietary or custom-built artifacts that are not available in the central repository. These repositories can be managed using tools like Apache Archiva, Sonatype Nexus, or JFrog Artifactory.</li>

/**
 * A result of collecting, flattening and resolving {@link DependencyCoordinates}s.
 * Dependency is the output of the <dfn>collection</dfn> process, which builds the graph of dependencies,
 * followed by <dfn>flattening</dfn> and <dfn>resolution</dfn>.
 * The version selection is done for each dependency during the collection phase.

import java.nio.file.Path;

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Immutable;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

/**
 * <p>The <dfn>local repository</dfn> is a directory on the developer's machine where
 * Maven stores all the downloaded artifacts (such as dependencies, plugins,
 * and project artifacts). When Maven builds a project, it first checks the

 *
 * <p>Each {@code Artifact} instance is basically an exact pointer to a file in a Maven repository.
 * {@code Artifact} instances are created when <dfn>resolving</dfn> {@link ArtifactCoordinates} instances.
 * Resolving is the process that selects a {@linkplain #getVersion() particular version}