The jar file is executable and provides a little tool to display how Maven parses and compares versions:

+----+
$ java -jar maven-artifact-*.jar 3.2.4-alpha-1 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT 3.2.4.0
Display parameters as parsed by Maven (in canonical form) and comparison result:
1. 3.2.4-alpha-1 == 3.2.4.alpha.1
   3.2.4-alpha-1 < 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT
2. 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT == 3.2.4.snapshot
   3.2.4-SNAPSHOT < 3.2.4.0
3. 3.2.4.0 == 3.2.4

  agent { node { label 'ubuntu' } }
  options {
    durabilityHint('PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZED')
    buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr: '20', artifactNumToKeepStr: '5'))
    timeout(time: 180, unit: 'MINUTES')
  }
  parameters {
    string( defaultValue: 'master', description: 'Core Its branch (default master)',
            name: 'ITS_BRANCH' )
  }
  stages {
    stage("Build Maven Core") {
      steps {

 themselves:

+-----+
<plugins>
  <plugin>
   <id>xdoc</id>
   <version>1.0</version>
   <parameters>
     <parameter>
       <name>theme</name>
       <value>classic</value>
     </parameter>
   </parameters>
  </plugin>
</plugins>
+-----+

Unified source directory

 Unified source directory structure that is analogous to the repository

* MavenSession

  We may need to enable the context injection here, since this will be
  instantiated per-project. If we always inject the same context parameters,
  and are careful to inject nulls where things are missing, we should be

        </parameter>
        <parameter>
          <name>repositories</name>
          <type>java.util.List</type>
          <required>true</required>
          <editable>false</editable>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
          <name>resourceBundles</name>
          <type>java.util.List</type>
          <required>true</required>
          <editable>true</editable>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>

 ({{{./xref/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.html}source}}),

 * {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.html}PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator}}, used to
 evaluate plugin parameters values during Mojo configuration,

 * <<<ExceptionHandler>>> component ({{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/exception/ExceptionHandler.html}javadoc}}),
 with its <<<DefaultExceptionHandler>>> implementation

    <module>maven-model</module>
    <module>maven-monitor</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-api</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-descriptor</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-parameter-documenter</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-registry</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-tools</module>
    <module>maven-profile</module>
    <module>maven-project</module>
    <module>maven-reporting</module>

  all settings-related information passed into the system.

** Control over downloads

  Find the control point for m2 using maven-wagon. At this point, inject
  a offline status parameter which is used when retrieving the specific Wagon.

  If <<<offline == true>>>:

  * If the wagon is not bound to "file://", then ignore the request and print
    a debug message.

a dispatching to a particular plugin would occur because everything needs to be mediated through the host application. For a given action that is possible for a user to perform in the UI we need to know the URI that is to be used with its given parameters. That URI in turn must map internally to a method in a given component which belongs to a plugin. This mapping should actually be more generalized and it shouldn’t matter internally whether this maps to the core application or extension of the application...

    <module>maven-model</module>
    <module>maven-monitor</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-api</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-descriptor</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-parameter-documenter</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-registry</module>
    <module>maven-plugin-tools</module>
    <module>maven-profile</module>
    <module>maven-project</module>
    <module>maven-reporting</module>