* calculate the execution plan, but custom lifecycles can use alternative mapping strategies.
 * <p>
 * Implementations of this interface must be annotated with either {@code @Named("lifecycle-id")} or equivalent plexus
 * {@code @Component} annotations.
 *
 * @since 3.2.0
 * @see org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleMappingDelegate
 */
public interface LifecycleMappingDelegate {

    /**
     * Sets the configuration to unmarshal into the bean. The configuration should be taken from
     * {@link org.apache.maven.model.ConfigurationContainer#getConfiguration()} or a similar source.
     * Fully equivalent to {@code setConfiguration(configuration, null)}.
     *
     * @param configuration The configuration to unmarshal, may be {@code null}.
     * @return This request for chaining, never {@code null}.
     */

        ComparableVersion c1 = new ComparableVersion("1");
        c1.parseVersion("2");

        Comparable<?> c2 = newComparable("2");

        assertEquals(c1, c2, "reused instance should be equivalent to new instance");
    }

    /**
     * Test <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7644">MNG-7644</a> edge cases
     * 1.0.0.RC1 &lt; 1.0.0-RC2 and more generally:

     */
    @Nonnull
    Model parse(@Nonnull Source source, @Nullable Map<String, ?> options) throws ModelParserException;

    /**
     * Locate and parse the model in the specified directory.
     * This is equivalent to {@code locate(dir).map(s -> parse(s, options))}.
     *
     * @param dir the directory to locate the pom for, never {@code null}
     * @param options possible parsing options, may be {@code null}

         * This method takes into account the ordering of known qualifiers then unknown qualifiers with lexical
         * ordering.
         * <p>
         *
         * @param qualifier
         * @return an equivalent value that can be used with lexical comparison
         */
        public static String comparableQualifier(String qualifier) {
            if (RELEASE_QUALIFIERS.contains(qualifier)) {

    /**
     * Calculates the effective repositories for the given input repositories which are assumed to be already mirrored
     * (if applicable). This process will essentially remove duplicate repositories by merging them into one equivalent
     * repository. It is worth to point out that merging does not simply choose one of the input repositories and
     * discards the others but actually combines their possibly different policies.
     *

    //      the plugin manager provides.

    @Test
    void testRemoteResourcesPlugin() throws Exception {
        // TODO turn an equivalent back on when the RR plugin is released.

        /*

        This will not work until the RR plugin is released to get rid of the binding to the reporting exception which is a mistake.

which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the
executable.

If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access
to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy
the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source
code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source
along with the object code.

/**
 * Handles normalization of a model. In this context, normalization is the process of producing a canonical
 * representation for models that physically look different but are semantically equivalent.
 *
 */
public interface ModelNormalizer {

    /**
     * Merges duplicate elements like multiple declarations of the same build plugin in the specified model.
     *

ntType.METHOD; import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; import java.lang.annotation.Target; /** * Marks a Hamcrest static factory method so tools recognise them. * A factory method is an equivalent to a named constructor. * * @author Joe Walnes */ @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({METHOD}) public @interface Factory { } org/hamcrest/FeatureMatcher.java org/hamcrest/FeatureMatcher.java package org.hamcrest; import org.hamcrest.internal.ReflectiveTypeFinder;...