*
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
public interface ModelVersionParser {

    /**
     * Parses the specified version string, for example "1.0".
     *
     * @param version the version string to parse, must not be {@code null}
     * @return the parsed version, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the string violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     */
    @Nonnull

            try {
                this.delegate = versionScheme.parseVersion(delegateValue);
            } catch (InvalidVersionSpecificationException e) {
                throw new VersionParserException("Unable to parse version: " + delegateValue, e);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int compareTo(Version o) {
            if (o instanceof DefaultVersion) {

     */
    @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}

 * leveraged using the {@link org.apache.maven.api.plugin.annotations.Execute}
 * annotation.  If a {@code META-INF/maven/lifecycle.xml} file is packaged
 * in the plugin, Maven will provide a default implementation that will parse
 * the file and return the contained lifecycle definitions.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
@Consumer
public interface LifecycleProvider {

    List<Lifecycle> getLifecycles();

                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new XmlWriterException("Unable to write model: " + getMessage(e), getLocation(e), e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */

    /**
     * Parses the specified version string, for example "1.0".
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(VersionParser.class).parseVersion(...)}.
     *
     * @param version the version string to parse
     * @return the version parsed from the given string
     * @throws org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParserException if the parsing failed
     * @see org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParser#parseVersion(String)

                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new XmlWriterException("Unable to write plugin: " + getMessage(e), getLocation(e), e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */

import static org.apache.maven.api.services.BaseRequest.nonNull;

/**
 * Provides access to the contents of a source independently of the
 * backing store (e.g. file system, database, memory).
 * <p>
 * This is mainly used to parse files into objects such as
 * {@link org.apache.maven.api.Project},
 * {@link org.apache.maven.api.model.Model},
 * {@link org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings}, or
 * {@link org.apache.maven.api.toolchain.PersistedToolchains}.

                    validateParameters(mojoDescriptor, configuration, expressionEvaluator);
                }
            }
        } catch (ComponentConfigurationException e) {
            String message = "Unable to parse configuration of mojo " + mojoDescriptor.getId();
            if (e.getFailedConfiguration() != null) {
                message += " for parameter " + e.getFailedConfiguration().getName();
            }

            return new MetadataStaxReader().read(input, false);
        } catch (IOException | XMLStreamException e) {
            throw new RepositoryException("Could not parse metadata " + metadataPath + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    private void write(Path metadataPath, Metadata metadata) throws RepositoryException {
        try {