* being a real directory to being a symlink to another directory. It then calls
   * deleteDirectoryContents thousands of times on a directory whose subtree contains the file
   * that's switching between directory and symlink to try to ensure that under no circumstance does
   * deleteDirectoryContents follow the symlink to the other directory and delete that directory's
   * contents.
   *

        this.classifier = classifier;
    }

    @Override
    public String getDirectory() {
        if (directory == null) {
            return getPackaging() + "s";
        }
        return directory;
    }

    public void setDirectory(final String directory) {
        this.directory = directory;
    }

    @Override
    public String getPackaging() {
        if (packaging == null) {

            }
            /*
             * Module hierarchy: many modules, one per directory, with descriptor at the root of the sub-directory.
             * This is the layout of output directories in projects using the new (Java 9 and later) way to organize
             * source files.
             */
            if (Files.isDirectory(file)) {
                Map<Path, String> names = new HashMap<>();

     * configured directly by the user on his discretion, e.g. via the {@code -Dkey=value} parameter on the command
     * line.
     *
     * @return The user properties, never {@code null}.
     */
    Map<String, String> getUserProperties();

    /**
     * Gets the base directory of the current project (if any).
     *
     * @return The base directory of the current project or {@code null} if none.

        } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
            // drive-relative Windows path, don't align with project directory but with drive root
            s = file.getAbsolutePath();
        } else {
            // an ordinary relative path, align with project directory
            s = new File(new File(basedir, s).toURI().normalize()).getAbsolutePath();
        }

        return s;
    }

 *
 */
public interface ModelPathTranslator {

    /**
     * Resolves the well-known paths of the specified model against the given base directory. Paths within plugin
     * configuration are not processed.
     *
     * @param model The model whose paths should be resolved, may be {@code null}.

    Instant getStartTime();

    /**
     * Gets the directory of the topmost project being built, usually the current directory or the
     * directory pointed at by the {@code -f/--file} command line argument.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Path getTopDirectory();

    /**
     * Gets the root directory of the session, which is the root directory for the top directory project.
     *

     */
    PathModularizationCache() {
        moduleInfo = new HashMap<>();
        pathTypes = new HashMap<>();
    }

    /**
     * Gets module information for the given JAR file or output directory.
     * Module descriptors are read when first requested, then cached.
     */
    PathModularization getModuleInfo(Path path) throws IOException {
        PathModularization info = moduleInfo.get(path);

    public String pathOfRemoteRepositoryMetadata(ArtifactMetadata metadata) {
        return pathOfRepositoryMetadata(metadata, metadata.getRemoteFilename());
    }

    private String formatAsDirectory(String directory) {
        return directory.replace(GROUP_SEPARATOR, PATH_SEPARATOR);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getId();
    }

     * of the project.
     *
     * @return the path of the pom
     * @see #getBasedir()
     */
    @Nonnull
    Path getPomPath();

    /**
     * Returns the project base directory, i.e. the directory containing the project.
     * A project is usually read from the file system and this will point to
     * the directory containing the POM file.
     *