The {@code <scm>} element contains information required to the SCM
        (Source Control Management) of the project.
      </description>
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>connection</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            <![CDATA[
            The source control management system URL
            that describes the repository and how to connect to the

                        break;
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    break; // Why are we just ignoring this exception? Are exceptions are being used for flow control
                }
            }
        }
    }

  static within the build process, but rather to be setup as an aggregation of
  all settings-related information passed into the system.

** Control over downloads

  Find the control point for m2 using maven-wagon. At this point, inject
  a offline status parameter which is used when retrieving the specific Wagon.

  If <<<offline == true>>>:

~~ under the License.

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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

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++) {