/**
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(ArtifactFactory.class).create(...)}.
     *
     * @param groupId the group identifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param artifactId the artifact identifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param version the artifact version, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param extension the artifact extension, or {@code null} is unspecified

        setExcludeDefaults(String.valueOf(excludeDefaults));
    }

    /**
     * Reset the <code>reportPluginMap</code> field to <code>null</code>
     */
    @Deprecated
    public void flushReportPluginMap() {
    }

    /**
     * @return a Map of plugins field with <code>ReportPlugin#getKey()</code> as key
     * @see org.apache.maven.model.ReportPlugin#getKey()
     */

     * @param oldValue the expected data currently associated with the key, may be {@code null}
     * @param newValue the data to associate with the key, may be {@code null} to remove the mapping
     * @return {@code true} if the key mapping was successfully updated from the old value to the new value,

     * @return the parsed version constraint, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the range specification violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     */
    @Nonnull
    VersionConstraint parseVersionConstraint(@Nonnull String constraint);

    /**
     * Checks whether a given artifact version is considered a {@code SNAPSHOT} or not.
     */

     */
    Map<String, String> getUserProperties();

    /**
     * Gets the base directory of the current project (if any).
     *
     * @return The base directory of the current project or {@code null} if none.
     */
    Path getProjectDirectory();

    /**
     * Gets current calculated project properties
     *
     * @return The project properties, never {@code null}.
     */

     * <ul>
     *   <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

    /**
     * Returns {@link Artifact} instance where to relocate to, or {@code null}.
     *
     * @param session The session, never {@code null}.
     * @param result The artifact descriptor result, never {@code null}.
     * @param model The artifact model, never {@code null}.
     * @return The {@link Artifact} to relocate to, or {@code null} if no relocation wanted.
     */

     * behavior, this method accepts both the forward slash and the backward slash as separator.
     *
     * @param path The filesystem path, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @return The altered filesystem path or <code>null</code> if the input path was <code>null</code>.
     */
    private String chopLeadingFileSeparator(String path) {
        if (path != null) {
            if (path.startsWith("/") || path.startsWith("\\")) {

     *
     * @param project The project to try to resolve the artifact from, must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param requestedArtifact The artifact to resolve, must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @return The matching artifact from the project or <code>null</code> if not found. Note that this
     */
    private Artifact findMatchingArtifact(MavenProject project, Artifact requestedArtifact) {

     * profiles from the project's POM and all its parent POMs as well as from external sources like the
     * {@code settings.xml}. The profile identifiers are grouped by the identifier of their source, e.g.
     * {@code <groupId>:<artifactId>:<version>} for a POM profile or {@code external} for profiles from the
     * {@code settings.xml}.
     *