*
     * <p>This calculation is only a heuristic based on our conventions.
     * In detail, the algo relies on the following assumptions: <ul>
     * <li>The parent uses aggregation and refers to the child via the modules section</li>
     * <li>The module path to the child is considered to
     * point at the POM rather than its base directory if the path ends with ".xml" (ignoring case)</li>

                if (lastUpdated != null && now != null && now.compareTo(lastUpdated) < 0) {
                    getLogger()
                            .warn("The last updated timestamp in " + metadataFile + " refers to the future (now = "
                                    + now
                                    + ", lastUpdated = " + lastUpdated + "). Please verify that the clocks of all"

                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Checks the URL to see if this repository refers to an external repository
     *
     * @param originalRepository
     * @return true if external.
     */
    static boolean isExternalRepo(ArtifactRepository originalRepository) {
        try {

                            "must specify an absolute path but is " + systemPath,
                            d);
                } else if (!sysFile.isFile()) {
                    String msg = "refers to a non-existing file " + sysFile.getAbsolutePath();
                    systemPath = systemPath.replace('/', File.separatorChar).replace('\\', File.separatorChar);

                .findFirst()
                .orElse(null);
    }

    /**
     * Determines whether the specified artifact refers to test classes.
     *
     * @param artifact The artifact to check, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return {@code true} if the artifact refers to test classes, {@code false} otherwise.
     */
    private static boolean isTestArtifact(Artifact artifact) {