*
     * @param groupId the group identifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param artifactId the artifact identifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param version the artifact version, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param classifier the artifact classifier, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param extension the artifact extension, or {@code null} is unspecified

    /**
     *
     * @param session
     * @param type
     * @param requirements
     * @return the selected {@link Toolchain}s
     * @throws ToolchainManagerException if an exception occurs
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<Toolchain> getToolchains(@Nonnull Session session, String type, Map<String, String> requirements);

    /**
     *
     * @param session
     * @param type

     * method provides an atomic compare-and-update of some key's value.
     *
     * @param key the key under which to store the session data, must not be {@code null}
     * @param oldValue the expected data currently associated with the key, may be {@code null}
     * @param newValue the data to associate with the key, may be {@code null} to remove the mapping

     *
     * @param severity The severity of the problem, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param message The detail message of the problem, may be {@code null}.
     * @param line The one-based index of the line containing the problem or {@code -1} if unknown.
     * @param column The one-based index of the column containing the problem or {@code -1} if unknown.
     * @param cause The cause of the problem, may be {@code null}.

     * only concerned about determining the coordinates of the transitive dependencies and does not actually resolve the
     * artifact files.
     *
     * @param session the {@link Session}, must not be {@code null}
     * @param root the Maven Dependency, must not be {@code null}
     * @return the collection result, never {@code null}
     * @throws DependencyCollectorException if the dependency tree could not be built

     * If {@code element} is not {@code null}, child configuration element with the specified name will
     * be unmarshalled.
     *
     * @param configuration The configuration to unmarshal, may be {@code null}.
     * @param element Configuration element name to unmarshal or {@code null} to unmarshal entire configuration.
     * @return This request for chaining, never {@code null}.
     */

     */
    String IS_STRICT = "org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.isStrict";

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified file.
     *
     * @param input The file to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for deserialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @return The deserialized metadata, never {@code null}.

        return locations;
    }

    /**
     * Merges the {@code source} location into the {@code target} location.
     *
     * @param target the target location
     * @param source the source location
     * @param sourceDominant the boolean indicating of {@code source} is dominant compared to {@code target}
     * @return the merged location
     */

    /**
     * @param message a message
     * @deprecated use {@link #ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException(String, Throwable, Artifact)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    public ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException(String message) {
        super(message, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * @param cause a cause

    /**
     * Gets the prefix of the plugin.
     *
     * @return The prefix of the plugin.
     */
    String getPrefix();

    /**
     * Sets the prefix of the plugin.
     *
     * @param prefix The prefix of the plugin.
     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    PluginPrefixRequest setPrefix(String prefix);

    /**
     * Gets the list of group ids to scan for the plugin prefix.