* be able to accept <code>relative</code> parameter values that
     * <ul>
     * <li>use either / or \ file path separator,</li>
     * <li>have .. parent directory references,</li>
     * <li>point either at file or directory.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param relative is the path of the requested source relative to this source

     * <li>The parent uses aggregation and refers to the child via the modules section</li>
     * <li>The module path to the child is considered to
     * point at the POM rather than its base directory if the path ends with ".xml" (ignoring case)</li>
     * <li>The name of the child's base directory matches the artifact id of the child.</li>
     * </ul>

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

/**
 * There are various forms of results that are represented by this class:
 * <ol>
 * <li>success - in which case only the model field is set
 * <li>success with warnings - model field + non-error model problems
 * <li>error - no model, but diagnostics
 * <li>error - (partial) model and diagnostics
 * </ol>
 * Could encode these variants as subclasses, but kept in one for now
 *

     * <p>
     * Supported filters:
     * <ul>
     *     <li>"h" or "h(num)" - highest version or top list of highest ones filter</li>
     *     <li>"l" or "l(num)" - lowest version or bottom list of lowest ones filter</li>
     *     <li>"s" - contextual snapshot filter</li>
     *     <li>"e(G:A:V)" - predicate filter (leaves out G:A:V from range, if hit, V can be range)</li>
     * </ul>

        return validateStringNotEmpty(EMPTY, fieldName, problems, severity, version, string, null, tracker);
    }

    /**
     * Asserts:
     * <p/>
     * <ul>
     * <li><code>string != null</code>
     * <li><code>string.length > 0</code>
     * </ul>
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:parameternumber")
    private boolean validateStringNotEmpty(
            String prefix,