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 Maven configuration management
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 The Maven Team
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Configuration levels in maven

 In maven configuration control happens on four differ levels: the site level, the group level,
 the project level, and the user level. On the site level you can configure maven for all users

      the copyright owner that is granting the License.

      "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all
      other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common
      control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition,
      "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the
      direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or

shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner that is granting the License. "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding...

shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner that is granting the License. "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding...

Losses relating to any actual or alleged intellectual property infringement. In order to qualify, an Indemnified Contributor must: a) promptly notify the Commercial Contributor in writing of such claim, and b) allow the Commercial Contributor to control, and cooperate with the Commercial Contributor in, the defense and any related settlement negotiations. The Indemnified Contributor may participate in any such claim at its own expense. For example, a Contributor might include the Program in a commercial...

shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner that is granting the License. "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding...

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.NotThreadSafe;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;

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

/**
 * Collects settings that control the building of effective settings.
 */
@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface SettingsBuilderRequest {

    @Nonnull
    Session getSession();

    /**
     * Gets the global settings source.

     * the second version is the newer.
     */
    private static int compareModelVersions(String first, String second) {
        // we use a dedicated comparator because we control our model version scheme.
        String[] firstSegments = first.split("\\.");
        String[] secondSegments = second.split("\\.");
        for (int i = 0; i < Math.max(firstSegments.length, secondSegments.length); i++) {

      the copyright owner that is granting the License.

      "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all
      other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common
      control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition,
      "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the
      direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or

  <id>extension</id>
  <name>ExtensionDescriptor</name>
  <description><![CDATA[
    Extension descriptor, stored in <code>META-INF/maven/extension.xml</code> in an extension's jar artifact to
    precisely control parts of the extension and dependencies to expose in the API class loader.
    Maven uses Plexus Classworlds to build the class loader hierarchy, therefore some concepts used in this extensions