* but at Maven runtime it MAY actually use that service.
 *
 * @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}

            @Nonnull Project project, @Nonnull PathScope scope, @Nonnull Collection<PathType> desiredTypes);

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(VersionResolver.class).resolve(...)}
     *

import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilderRequest;

/**
 * Allows a fixed set of properties that are valid inside a version and that could be overwritten for example on the
 * commandline
 */
public interface ModelVersionProcessor {

    /**
     * @param property the property to check
     * @return <code>true</code> if this is a valid property for this processor
     */

package org.apache.maven.rtinfo;

/**
 * Provides information about the current Maven runtime.
 *
 * @since 3.0.2
 */
public interface RuntimeInformation {

    /**
     * Retrieves the current Maven version, for example "3.0.2".
     *
     * @return The current Maven version or an empty string if unknown, never {@code null}.
     */
    String getMavenVersion();

    /**

     * creator of the problem, the general expectation is that the hint provides sufficient information to the user to
     * track the problem back to its origin. A concrete example for such a source hint can be the file path or URL from
     * which the settings were read.
     *
     * @return the hint about the source of the problem or an empty string if unknown, never {@code null}
     */

 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface VersionParser extends Service {

    /**
     * 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}

     *
     * <p>It is nevertheless common to specify two or more types of path. For example,
     * a Java library may be compatible with either the class-path or the module-path,
     * and the user may have provided no instruction about which type to use. In such
     * case, the plugin may apply rules for choosing a path. See for example
     * {@link JavaPathType#CLASSES} and {@link JavaPathType#MODULES}.</p>
     */
    @Nonnull

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

/**
 * Dependency scope.
 * This represents at which time the dependency will be used, for example, at compile time only,
 * at run time or at test time.  For a given dependency, the scope is directly derived from the
 * {@link org.apache.maven.api.model.Dependency#getScope()} and will be used when using {@link PathScope}

 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
@Consumer
public interface VersionResolver extends Service {

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".
     *
     * @param session The repository session, must not be {@code null}.

        /**
         * Returns the algorithm name, usually used as key, never {@code null} value. The name is a standard name of
         * algorithm (if applicable) or any other designator that is algorithm commonly referred with. Example: "SHA-1".
         */
        @Nonnull
        String getName();

        /**
         * Returns the file extension to be used for given checksum file (without leading dot), never {@code null}. The