checkVersionsEqual("1.0.0x", "1-x");
        checkVersionsEqual("1cr", "1rc");

        // special "aliases" a, b and m for alpha, beta and milestone
        checkVersionsEqual("1a1", "1-alpha-1");
        checkVersionsEqual("1b2", "1-beta-2");
        checkVersionsEqual("1m3", "1-milestone-3");

        // case insensitive
        checkVersionsEqual("1X", "1x");

            if (followedByDigit && value.length() == 1) {
                // a1 = alpha-1, b1 = beta-1, m1 = milestone-1
                switch (value.charAt(0)) {
                    case 'a':
                        value = "alpha";
                        break;
                    case 'b':
                        value = "beta";
                        break;
                    case 'm':

        plugin.setArtifactId( "maven-remote-resources-plugin" );
        plugin.setVersion( "1.0-beta-2" );

        MojoDescriptor mojoDescriptor = pluginManager.getMojoDescriptor( plugin, goal, session.getCurrentProject(), session.getLocalRepository() );
        assertPluginDescriptor( mojoDescriptor, "org.apache.maven.plugins", "maven-remote-resources-plugin", "1.0-beta-2" );
        MojoExecution mojoExecution = new MojoExecution( mojoDescriptor );

@Deprecated
public interface ArtifactResolver {

    ArtifactResolutionResult resolve(ArtifactResolutionRequest request);

    // The rest is deprecated
    // USED BY MAVEN ASSEMBLY PLUGIN 2.2-beta-2
    @Deprecated
    String ROLE = ArtifactResolver.class.getName();

    // USED BY SUREFIRE, DEPENDENCY PLUGIN
    @Deprecated
    ArtifactResolutionResult resolveTransitively(
            Set<Artifact> artifacts,

     *   <li>If a {@code module-info.class} file is found in the root directory or in a
     *       {@code "META-INF/versions/{n}/"} subdirectory, builds a singleton map with
     *       the module name declared in that descriptor.</li>
     *   <li>Otherwise if an {@code "Automatic-Module-Name"} attribute is declared in the
     *       {@code META-INF/MANIFEST.MF} file, builds a singleton map with the value of that attribute.</li>
     * </ul>
     *

@Deprecated
public class ExpressionDocumenter {

    private static final String[] EXPRESSION_ROOTS = {"project", "settings", "session", "plugin", "rootless"};

    private static final String EXPRESSION_DOCO_ROOTPATH = "META-INF/maven/plugin-expressions/";

    private static Map<String, Expression> expressionDocumentation;

    public static Map<String, Expression> load() throws ExpressionDocumentationException {

        if (classLoader == null) {
            classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
        }
        try {
            for (Iterator<URL> it = classLoader
                            .getResources("META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven.api.di.Inject")
                            .asIterator();
                    it.hasNext(); ) {
                URL url = it.next();
                List<String> lines;

        }

        pluginDescriptor.setPluginArtifact(pluginArtifact);

        return pluginDescriptor;
    }

    private String getPluginDescriptorLocation() {
        return "META-INF/maven/plugin.xml";
    }

    private PluginDescriptor parsePluginDescriptor(
            PluginDescriptorBuilder.StreamSupplier is, Plugin plugin, String descriptorLocation)

    @Nonnull
    Map<PathType, List<Path>> resolveDependencies(
            @Nonnull Project project, @Nonnull PathScope scope, @Nonnull Collection<PathType> desiredTypes);

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(VersionResolver.class).resolve(...)}

        assertVersionOlder("1.0-alpha-1", "1.0-alpha-2");
        assertVersionOlder("1.0-alpha-2", "1.0-alpha-15");
        assertVersionOlder("1.0-alpha-1", "1.0-beta-1");

        assertVersionOlder("1.0-beta-1", "1.0-SNAPSHOT");
        assertVersionOlder("1.0-SNAPSHOT", "1.0");
        assertVersionOlder("1.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT", "1.0-alpha-1");

        assertVersionOlder("1.0", "1.0-1");