import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblemCollector;

/**
 * Handles normalization of a model. In this context, normalization is the process of producing a canonical
 * representation for models that physically look different but are semantically equivalent.
 *
 */
public interface ModelNormalizer {

    /**
     * Merges duplicate elements like multiple declarations of the same build plugin in the specified model.
     *

// <signedNumber>    ::= <number> | <sign><number>
// <suffix>          ::= <binarySI> | <decimalExponent> | <decimalSI>
// <binarySI>        ::= Ki | Mi | Gi | Ti | Pi | Ei
//
// 	(International System of units; See: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html)
//
// <decimalSI>       ::= m | "" | k | M | G | T | P | E
//
// 	(Note that 1024 = 1Ki but 1000 = 1k; I didn't choose the capitalization.)
//