retValue = decode(retValue);
            // special case: if omitted // on protocol, keep path as is
            if (retValue.startsWith("//")) {
                retValue = retValue.substring(2);

                if (retValue.length() >= 2 && (retValue.charAt(1) == '|' || retValue.charAt(1) == ':')) {
                    // special case: if there is a windows drive letter, then keep the original return value

     * @return the default classifier, or {@code null}.
     */
    @Nullable
    String getClassifier();

    /**
     * Specifies if the artifact already embeds its own dependencies.
     * This is the case for JEE packages or similar artifacts such as
     * WARs, EARs, etc.
     *
     * @return if the artifact's dependencies are included in the artifact
     */
    boolean isIncludesDependencies();

    /**

    // Use case:  This is detected as a cycle:
    // org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api                -(PARENT)->
    // org.apache.maven:maven                           -(inherited REPORTING)->
    // org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin -(DEPENDENCY)->
    // org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api
    // In this case, both the verify and the report goals are called

            }
            return false;
        }
        if (test instanceof NodeTypeTest) {
            switch (((NodeTypeTest) test).getNodeType()) {
                case Compiler.NODE_TYPE_NODE:
                    return true;
                case Compiler.NODE_TYPE_TEXT:
                    return node.getValue() != null;
                default:
                    return false;
            }
        }

    }

    public List<ArtifactVersion> retrieveAvailableVersionsFromDeploymentRepository(
            Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository remoteRepository)
            throws ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot get available versions in this test case");
    }

     * whether the DependencyCoordinate is used in dependency management, in which case it means the scope is not
     * explicitly managed by this managed dependency, or as a real dependency, in which case, the scope
     * will default to {@link #COMPILE}.
     */
    UNDEFINED("", false),

    /**
     * Compile only.
     */

     * undergone any updates by the model builder, e.g. reflects neither inheritance nor interpolation. The model
     * identifier should be from the collection obtained by {@link #getModelIds()}. As a special case, an empty string
     * can be used as the identifier for the super POM.
     *
     * @param modelId The identifier of the desired raw model, must not be {@code null}.

    /**
     * Checks whether a given artifact version is considered a {@code SNAPSHOT} or not.
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(ArtifactManager.class).isSnapshot(...)}.
     * <p>
     * In case there is {@link Artifact} in scope, the recommended way to perform this check is
     * use of {@link Artifact#isSnapshot()} instead.
     *
     * @param version artifact version

    String SELF_COMBINATION_MERGE = "merge";

    String SELF_COMBINATION_REMOVE = "remove";

    /**
     * In case of complex XML structures, combining can be done based on id.
     */
    String ID_COMBINATION_MODE_ATTRIBUTE = "combine.id";

    /**
     * In case of complex XML structures, combining can be done based on keys.
     * This is a comma separated list of attribute names.
     */

     * @return The calculated checksums, indexed by algorithms, never {@code null}.
     * @throws NullPointerException if passed in any parameter is {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException In case of any IO problem.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Map<ChecksumAlgorithm, String> calculate(@Nonnull Path file, @Nonnull Collection<ChecksumAlgorithm> algorithms)
            throws IOException;

    /**