*
     * @param versionRange The version range to match the current Maven runtime against, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return {@code true} if the current Maven runtime matches the specified version range, {@code false} otherwise.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the specified version range is {@code null}, empty or otherwise not a valid
     *             version specification.
     */

        return locations;
    }

    /**
     * Merges the {@code source} location into the {@code target} location.
     *
     * @param target the target location
     * @param source the source location
     * @param sourceDominant the boolean indicating of {@code source} is dominant compared to {@code target}
     * @return the merged location
     */

     * behavior, this method accepts both the forward slash and the backward slash as separator.
     *
     * @param path The filesystem path, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @return The altered filesystem path or <code>null</code> if the input path was <code>null</code>.
     */
    private String chopLeadingFileSeparator(String path) {
        if (path != null) {
            if (path.startsWith("/") || path.startsWith("\\")) {

     * value is undefined.
     *
     * @return the location of the problem, never {@code null}
     */
    @Nonnull
    String getLocation();

    /**
     * Gets the exception that caused this problem (if any).
     *
     * @return the exception that caused this problem or {@code null} if not applicable
     */
    @Nullable
    Exception getException();

    /**

     *
     * @param project The project to try to resolve the artifact from, must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param requestedArtifact The artifact to resolve, must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @return The matching artifact from the project or <code>null</code> if not found. Note that this
     */
    private Artifact findMatchingArtifact(MavenProject project, Artifact requestedArtifact) {

     * profiles from the project's POM and all its parent POMs as well as from external sources like the
     * {@code settings.xml}. The profile identifiers are grouped by the identifier of their source, e.g.
     * {@code <groupId>:<artifactId>:<version>} for a POM profile or {@code external} for profiles from the
     * {@code settings.xml}.
     *

 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface TypeRegistry extends ExtensibleEnumRegistry<Type> {

    /**
     * Obtain the {@link Type} from the specified {@code id}.
     * If no type is known for {@code id}, the registry will
     * create a custom {@code Type} for it.
     *
     * @param id the id of the type to retrieve
     * @return the type
     */
    @Nonnull
    @Override

     * Creates a new exception to indicate that the specified lifecycle phase is not defined by any known lifecycle.
     *
     * @param message The detail message, may be {@code null}.
     * @param lifecyclePhase The name of the lifecycle phase that could not be located, may be {@code null}.
     */
    public LifecyclePhaseNotFoundException(String message, String lifecyclePhase) {
        super(message);

     * Let the toolchain decide if it matches requirements defined
     * in the toolchain plugin configuration.
     * @param requirements Map<String, String> key value pair, may not be {@code null}
     * @return {@code true} if the requirements match, otherwise {@code false}
     */
    boolean matchesRequirements(Map<String, String> requirements);

     * env.PATH}. Unlike native environment variables, properties are always case-sensitive. For the sake of
     * determinism, the environment variable names will be normalized to upper case on platforms with case-insensitive
     * variable lookup.
     *
     * @param props The properties to add the environment variables to, may be {@code null}.
     */