private void addPath(List<String> paths, String path) {
        if (path != null) {
            path = path.trim();
            if (!path.isEmpty()) {
                File file = new File(path);
                if (file.isAbsolute()) {
                    path = file.getAbsolutePath();
                } else if (".".equals(path)) {
                    path = getBasedir().getAbsolutePath();
                } else {

                final String path = target.getExists();
                final String xformed = transformPath(path, target, "exists");
                return xformed != path ? (builder != null ? builder : creator.get()).exists(xformed) : builder;
            }

            private String transformPath(String path, ActivationFile target, String locationKey) {
                if (isNotEmpty(path)) {
                    try {

        try (BuildSession bs = new BuildSession(request, false)) {
            Path path = pomFile.toPath();
            return bs.build(path, ModelSource.fromPath(path));
        }
    }

    @Deprecated
    @Override
    public ProjectBuildingResult build(

    }

    /* MNG-3906*/
    @Test
    void testOrderOfMergedPluginDependenciesWithoutPluginManagement() throws Exception {
        PomTestWrapper pom = buildPom("merged-plugin-class-path-order/wo-plugin-mgmt/sub");

        assertEquals(5, ((List<?>) pom.getValue("build/plugins[1]/dependencies")).size());
        assertNotNull(pom.getValue("build/plugins[1]/dependencies[1]"));

            if (hasProjectExpression(s)) {
                String path = pathSupplier.get();
                Matcher matcher = EXPRESSION_PROJECT_NAME_PATTERN.matcher(s);
                while (matcher.find()) {
                    String propertyName = matcher.group(0);

                    if (path.startsWith("activation.file.") && "${project.basedir}".equals(propertyName)) {
                        continue;