This way you can make sure you're not wasting your time on something that isn't
  considered to be in Apache Maven's scope.
+ Submit a ticket for your issue, assuming one does not already exist.
  + Clearly describe the issue, including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
  + Make sure you fill in the earliest version that you know has the issue.
+ Fork the repository on GitHub.

Making and Submitting Changes
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         * repository's layout to allow pointing at artifacts within the repository. Unfortunately,
         * DefaultRepositoryLayout does not correctly describe the layout of a local repository which unlike a remote
         * repository never uses timestamps in the filename of a snapshot artifact. The discrepancy gets notable when a

          <name>licenses</name>
          <version>3.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            <![CDATA[
            This element describes all the licenses for this project.
            Each license is described by a {@code license} element, which
            is then described by additional elements.
            Projects should only list the license(s) that applies to the project

n must be non null!"); } this.fixedDescription = description; } @Override public final void describeTo(Description description) { description.appendText(fixedDescription); } } org/hamcrest/Description.java org/hamcrest/Description.java package org.hamcrest; /** * A description of a Matcher. A Matcher will describe itself to a description * which can later be used for reporting. * * @see Matcher#describeTo(Description) */ public interface Description { /** * A description that consumes input but does...

        }

        final ProjectBuildingResult r = (ProjectBuildingResult) o;

        return r.getProblems().stream().anyMatch(p -> p.getMessage().contains(problemMessage));
    }

    @Override
    public void describeTo(Description description) {
        description.appendText("a ProjectBuildingResult with message ").appendValue(problemMessage);
    }

    @Override

 */

This document outlines the concerns of a general plugin manager that would be used in conjunction with any Plexus-based application. The following outlined concerns are an attempt to describe what a plugin manager would need to do for Maven and for Nexus.

h2. Concerns for the plugin manager

h3. Resolving the dependencies of a plugin

Filter$1(); public boolean shouldRun(org.junit.runner.Description); public String describe(); public void apply(Object) throws NoTestsRemainExcepti; public Filter intersect(Filter); } org/junit/runner/manipulation/Filter$3.class package org.junit.runner.manipulation; synchronized class Filter$3 extends Filter { void Filter$3(Filter, Filter, Filter); public boolean shouldRun(org.junit.runner.Description); public String describe(); } org/junit/runner/manipulation/Filter.class package org.junit.runner.manipulation;...

ing item, Description mismatchDescription) void SubstringMatcher.describeTo(Description description) void IsSame.describeTo(Description description) void IsNull.describeTo(Description description) void IsNot.describeTo(Description description) void IsInstanceOf.describeTo(Description description) void IsEqual.describeTo(Description description) void IsCollectionContaini.describeTo(Description description) void IsAnything.describeTo(Description description) void Is.describeTo(Description description)...

        </field>
      </fields>
    </class>

    <class xdoc.anchorName="requirement">
      <name>Requirement</name>
      <version>1.0.0/1.1.0</version>
      <description>Describes a component requirement.</description>
      <!-- see o.a.m.plugin.descriptor.Requirement -->
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>role</name>
          <required>true</required>

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Immutable;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Describes a problem that was encountered during project building. A problem can either be an exception that was
 * thrown or a simple string message. In addition, a problem carries a hint about its source.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */