*
 */
public interface MetadataReader {

    /**
     * The key for the option to enable strict parsing. This option is of type {@link Boolean} and defaults to {@code
     * true}. If {@code false}, unknown elements will be ignored instead of causing a failure.
     */
    String IS_STRICT = "org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.isStrict";

    /**

            // even before the arguments from the command line are parsed.  Any exception
            // that would happen here should cause the build to fail at a later stage
            // (when actually parsing the POM) and will lead to a better exception being
            // displayed to the user, so just bail out and return false.
        }
        return false;
    }

public interface ToolchainsBuilder {

    /**
     * Builds the toolchains model from the configured toolchain files.
     *
     * @param userToolchainsFile The path to the toolchains file, may be <code>null</code> to disable parsing.
     * @return The toolchains model or <code>null</code> if no toolchain file was configured or the configured file does
     *         not exist.

    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */
    public static Model fromXml(@Nonnull String xml) throws XmlReaderException {
        return new DefaultModelXmlFactory().fromXmlString(xml);
    }

    /**

    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */
    public static Model fromXml(@Nonnull String xml) throws XmlReaderException {
        return new DefaultModelXmlFactory().fromXmlString(xml);
    }

    /**

    /**
     * Parse the model obtained previously by a previous call to {@link #locate(Path)}.
     *
     * @param source the source to parse, never {@code null}
     * @param options possible parsing options, may be {@code null}
     * @return the parsed {@link Model}, never {@code null}
     * @throws ModelParserException if the model cannot be parsed
     */
    @Nonnull

    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */
    public static PluginDescriptor fromXml(@Nonnull String xml) throws XmlReaderException {
        return new DefaultPluginXmlFactory().fromXmlString(xml);
    }

    /**
     * Simply parse the given xml string.
     *
     * @param xml the input xml string
     * @return the parsed object
     * @throws XmlReaderException if an error occurs during the parsing
     * @see #toXmlString(Object)
     */
    @Nonnull
    default T fromXmlString(@Nonnull String xml) throws XmlReaderException {
        return read(new StringReader(xml));
    }

    /**

            }
        } else if (updatePolicy.startsWith(UPDATE_POLICY_INTERVAL)) {
            String s = updatePolicy.substring(UPDATE_POLICY_INTERVAL.length() + 1);
            int minutes = Integer.parseInt(s);
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -minutes);
            if (cal.getTime().after(lastModified)) {
                checkForUpdates = true;
            }

        addZeroTokens(valueTokens, 3);
        addZeroTokens(rangeValueTokens, 3);

        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            int x = Integer.parseInt(valueTokens.get(i));
            int y = Integer.parseInt(rangeValueTokens.get(i));
            if (x < y) {
                return -1;
            } else if (x > y) {
                return 1;
            }
        }