changed = true;
        } else {
            changed = metadata.merge(this.metadata);
        }

        // beware meta-versions!
        String version = metadata.getVersion();
        if (Artifact.LATEST_VERSION.equals(version) || Artifact.RELEASE_VERSION.equals(version)) {
            // meta-versions are not valid <version/> values...don't write them.
            metadata.setVersion(null);
        }

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * @deprecated use {@code META-INF/maven/extension.xml} to define artifacts exported by Maven core extensions.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ArtifactFilterManagerDelegate {

    void addExcludes(Set<String> excludes);

    }

    @Override
    public String getMavenVersion() {
        return mavenVersion;
    }

    private String loadMavenVersion() {
        Properties props = new Properties();

        String resource = "META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.properties";

        try (InputStream is = DefaultRuntimeInformation.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + resource)) {
            if (is != null) {
                props.load(is);

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

/**
 * Resolves artifact meta/pseudo versions.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
@Consumer
public interface VersionResolver extends Service {

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".

 */
@Deprecated
public interface ArtifactFilterManager {
    /**
     * Returns a filter for core + extension artifacts.
     *
     * @return the artifact filter
     * @deprecated use {@code META-INF/maven/extension.xml} to define artifacts exported by Maven core and plugin
     *             extensions.
     */
    ArtifactFilter getArtifactFilter();

    /**
     * Returns a filter for only the core artifacts.

/**
 * Interface that can be provided by the plugin to wire in custom lifecycles
 * leveraged using the {@link org.apache.maven.api.plugin.annotations.Execute}
 * annotation.  If a {@code META-INF/maven/lifecycle.xml} file is packaged
 * in the plugin, Maven will provide a default implementation that will parse
 * the file and return the contained lifecycle definitions.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental

 * Plugin metadata contains G level list of "prefix" to A mapping for plugins present under this G.
 */
class PluginsMetadataGenerator implements MetadataGenerator {
    private static final String PLUGIN_DESCRIPTOR_LOCATION = "META-INF/maven/plugin.xml";

    private final Map<Object, PluginsMetadata> processedPlugins;

    private final Date timestamp;

    PluginsMetadataGenerator(RepositorySystemSession session, InstallRequest request) {

     * are examples of such repositories.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the repository is backed by actual projects, {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since 3.0-beta-1
     */
    boolean isProjectAware();

    /**
     * @param authentication authentication
     * @since 3.0-alpha-3
     */
    void setAuthentication(Authentication authentication);

    /**

        // the metadata refers to a release artifact or meta-version, and snapshot updateInterval will be used when
        // it refers to a snapshot artifact or meta-version.
        // NOTE: Release metadata includes version information about artifacts that have been released, to allow
        // meta-versions like RELEASE and LATEST to resolve, and also to allow retrieval of the range of valid, released

     *   <li>If a {@code module-info.class} file is found in the root directory or in a
     *       {@code "META-INF/versions/{n}/"} subdirectory, builds a singleton map with
     *       the module name declared in that descriptor.</li>
     *   <li>Otherwise if an {@code "Automatic-Module-Name"} attribute is declared in the
     *       {@code META-INF/MANIFEST.MF} file, builds a singleton map with the value of that attribute.</li>
     * </ul>
     *