new File(delegate.getBasedir()),
                (layout != null) ? layout.getClass().getSimpleName() : "legacy");

        /*
         * NOTE: "invoker:install" vs "appassembler:assemble": Both mojos use the artifact installer to put an artifact
         * into a repository. In the first case, the result needs to be a proper local repository that one can use for

        }

        return s;
    }

    /**
     * Removes the leading directory separator from the specified filesystem path (if any). For platform-independent
     * behavior, this method accepts both the forward slash and the backward slash as separator.
     *
     * @param path The filesystem path, may be <code>null</code>.

    public static final String MAKE_DEPENDENTS_MODE = "make-dependents";

    // make projects that depend on me, and projects that I depend on
    public static final String MAKE_BOTH_MODE = "make-both";

    private List<String> blackList = new ArrayList<>();

    private Map<String, BuildFailure> buildFailuresByProject = new HashMap<>();

     * This method does not handle the patch-module paths, because the patches
     * depend on which modules have been previously added on the module-paths.
     *
     * <p>If the dependency can be a constituent of both the class-path and the module-path,
     * then the path type is determined by checking if the dependency is modular.</p>
     *
     * @param types types of path where a dependency can be placed

    // org.apache.maven:maven                           -(inherited REPORTING)->
    // org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin -(DEPENDENCY)->
    // org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api
    // In this case, both the verify and the report goals are called
    // in a different lifecycle. Though the compiler-plugin has a valid use case, although
    // that seems to work fine. We need to take versions and lifecycle into account.

 * Maven plugins or extensions may provide implementations of those types which will be used by maven.
 * <p>
 * A type can be marked {@link Consumer} or {@link Provider} but not both. A type is assumed to be
 * {@link Consumer} if it is not marked either {@link Consumer} or {@link Provider}.
 * <p>
 * A package can be marked {@link Consumer}. In this case, all types in the package are considered

    private static boolean objectsEqual(Object o1, Object o2) {
        if (o1 == null && o2 == null) {
            return true;
        }
        if (o1 == null || o2 == null) {
            return false; // as they are not both null
        }
        return o1.equals(o2);
    }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * used to eliminate exact duplicates in the edge list
     */

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return stringPart.toString() + digitPart.toString();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Represents a version list item. This class is used both for the global item list and for sub-lists (which start
     * with '-(number)' in the version specification).
     */
    private static class ListItem extends ArrayList<Item> implements Item {
        @Override

     * <li><code>[1.0]</code> Version 1.0 explicitly only</li>
     * <li><code>[1.0,2.0)</code> Versions 1.0 (included) to 2.0 (not included)</li>
     * <li><code>[1.0,2.0]</code> Versions 1.0 to 2.0 (both included)</li>
     * <li><code>[1.5,)</code> Versions 1.5 and higher</li>
     * <li><code>(,1.0],[1.2,)</code> Versions up to 1.0 (included) and 1.2 or higher</li>
     * </ul>
     *

     * This method does not handle the patch-module paths, because the patches
     * depend on which modules have been previously added on the module-paths.
     *
     * <p>If the dependency can be a constituent of both the class-path and the module-path,
     * then the path type is determined by checking if the dependency is modular.</p>
     *
     * @param types types of path where a dependency can be placed