*      org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ResolutionNode)
     */

    public ResolutionNode resolveConflict(ResolutionNode node1, ResolutionNode node2) {
        return node1.getDepth() <= node2.getDepth() ? node1 : node2;
    }

                collectorResult.getExceptions(), collectorResult.getRoot(), nodes.size());
        for (Node node : nodes) {
            Dependency d = node.getDependency();
            Path path = (d != null) ? artifacts.get(d) : null;
            try {
                result.addDependency(node, d, filter, path, cache);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw cannotReadModuleInfo(path, e);

     */
    private final List<Exception> exceptions;

    /**
     * The root node of the dependency graph.
     */
    private final Node root;

    /**
     * The ordered list of the flattened dependency nodes.
     */
    private final List<Node> nodes;

    /**
     * The file paths of all dependencies, regardless on which Java tool option those paths should be placed.
     */

import org.apache.maven.api.Dependency;
import org.apache.maven.api.Node;
import org.apache.maven.api.PathType;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

@Experimental
public interface DependencyResolverResult extends DependencyCollectorResult {

    /**
     * The ordered list of the flattened dependency nodes.
     *

~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
~~ under the License.

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 Introduction
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 Guillaume Nodet
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 2024-04-04
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Maven 4 API - Repository Metadata Model

 This is the immutable model for Repository Metadata in <<<org.apache.maven.api.metadata>>> package.

     */

    public ResolutionNode resolveConflict(ResolutionNode node1, ResolutionNode node2) {
        try {
            ArtifactVersion version1 = node1.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();
            ArtifactVersion version2 = node2.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();

            return version1.compareTo(version2) > 0 ? node1 : node2;
        } catch (OverConstrainedVersionException exception) {

     */

    public ResolutionNode resolveConflict(ResolutionNode node1, ResolutionNode node2) {
        try {
            ArtifactVersion version1 = node1.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();
            ArtifactVersion version2 = node2.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();

            return version1.compareTo(version2) <= 0 ? node1 : node2;
        } catch (OverConstrainedVersionException exception) {

        XmlNode node1 = (XmlNode) pointer1.getBaseValue();
        XmlNode node2 = (XmlNode) pointer2.getBaseValue();
        if (node1 == node2) {
            return 0;
        }
        for (XmlNode child : node.getChildren()) {
            if (child == node1) {
                return -1;
            }
            if (child == node2) {
                return 1;
            }
        }

import java.util.List;

/**
 * MetadataGraph node - as it's a directed graph - holds adjacency lists for incident and exident nodes
 *
 *
 */
@Deprecated
public class MetadataGraphNode {
    /** node payload */
    MavenArtifactMetadata metadata;

    /** nodes, incident to this (depend on me) */
    List<MetadataGraphNode> inNodes;

    /** nodes, exident to this (I depend on) */

     */
    @Nullable
    Dependency getDependency();

    /**
     * Gets the child nodes of this node.
     *
     * @return the child nodes of this node, never {@code null}
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<Node> getChildren();

    /**
     * @return repositories of this node
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<RemoteRepository> getRemoteRepositories();

    /**