}

    private static void join(StringBuilder buffer, List<String> details, String separator) {
        boolean first = true;
        for (String detail : details) {
            if (first) {
                first = false;
            } else {
                buffer.append(separator);
            }
            buffer.append(detail);
        }
    }

        </field>
        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>mojos</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <association>
            <type>MojoDescriptor</type>
            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
          </association>
          <description>Description of each Mojo provided by the plugin.</description>
        </field>
        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>dependencies</name>

    }

    private PomTestWrapper buildPom(String pomPath) throws Exception {
        File pomFile = new File(testDirectory + File.separator + pomPath, "pom.xml");
        File settingsFile = new File(testDirectory + File.separator + pomPath, "settings.xml");
        Settings settings = readSettingsFile(settingsFile);

        ProjectBuildingRequest config = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();

        if (localRepository != null && !localRepository.isEmpty()) {
            Path file = Paths.get(localRepository);
            if (!file.isAbsolute() && file.toString().startsWith(File.separator)) {
                effective = effective.withLocalRepository(file.toAbsolutePath().toString());
            }
        }

        if (hasErrors(problems)) {

        // similar component for re-usage
        if (file != null) {
            if (file.isAbsolute()) {
                // path was already absolute, just normalize file separator and we're done
            } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
                // drive-relative Windows path, don't align with project directory but with drive root
                file = file.getAbsoluteFile();
            } else {

        checkVersionsEqual("1.0", "1.0.0");
        checkVersionsEqual("1", "1-0");
        checkVersionsEqual("1", "1.0-0");
        checkVersionsEqual("1.0", "1.0-0");
        // no separator between number and character
        checkVersionsEqual("1a", "1-a");
        checkVersionsEqual("1a", "1.0-a");
        checkVersionsEqual("1a", "1.0.0-a");
        checkVersionsEqual("1.0a", "1-a");

    /**
     * Returns a new source identified by a relative path. Implementation <strong>MUST</strong>
     * be able to accept <code>relative</code> parameter values that
     * <ul>
     * <li>use either / or \ file path separator,</li>
     * <li>have .. parent directory references,</li>
     * <li>point either at file or directory.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param relative is the path of the requested source relative to this source

            Indicate whether maven should operate in offline mode full-time.
          </description>
          <type>boolean</type>
          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
        </field>
        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>proxies</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <description>
            Configuration for different proxy profiles. Multiple proxy profiles

          <description>The base version (i.e. ending in {@code -SNAPSHOT}) when this directory represents a "groupId/artifactId/version" for a SNAPSHOT.</description>
        </field>
        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>plugins</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <description>The set of plugins when this directory represents a "groupId".</description>
          <association>

 *
 */
public interface PathTranslator {

    /**
     * Resolves the specified path against the given base directory. The resolved path will be absolute and uses the
     * platform-specific file separator if a base directory is given. Otherwise, the input path will be returned
     * unaltered.
     *
     * @param path The path to resolve, may be {@code null}.