* The {@link PathType} keys identify, for example, {@code --class-path} or {@code --module-path} options.
     * In the case of Java tools, the map may also contain {@code --patch-module} options, which are
     * {@linkplain org.apache.maven.api.JavaPathType#patchModule(String) handled in a special way}.
     *
     * <p><b>Design note:</b>

     */

    public ResolutionNode resolveConflict(ResolutionNode node1, ResolutionNode node2) {
        try {
            ArtifactVersion version1 = node1.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();
            ArtifactVersion version2 = node2.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();

            return version1.compareTo(version2) > 0 ? node1 : node2;
        } catch (OverConstrainedVersionException exception) {

  unimplemented, which is to detect when the network is down and provide better
  feedback for that case. However, when offline mode is declared, nothing
  earmarked as remote should be accessed, regardless of whether it is actually
  a physically local resource.

  NOTE: One side-effect of this design change is that all offline-mode code can
  be isolated to maven-core, maven-plugin-descriptor, and [possibly]

            tools placing it in the repository. Valid values are: {@code none} (default),
            {@code converted} (repository manager converted this from an Maven 1 POM),
            {@code partner}
            (directly synced from a partner Maven 2 repository), {@code deployed} (was deployed from a Maven 2
            instance), {@code verified} (has been hand verified as correct and final).
          </description>

 * <tr><td><code>executedProject</code></td>   <td></td>
 *                                             <td>{@link MavenProject#getExecutionProject()}</td></tr>
 * <tr><td><code>settings</code></td>          <td></td>               <td>{@link MavenSession#getSettings()}</td></tr>
 * <tr><td><code>settings.*</code></td>        <td></td>               <td></td></tr>

     *
     * @return The bean to configure, or {@code null} if none.
     */
    Object getBean();

    /**
     * Sets the bean to configure. Eventually, a valid request must have a bean set.
     *
     * @param bean The bean to configure, may be {@code null}.
     * @return This request for chaining, never {@code null}.
     */
    BeanConfigurationRequest setBean(Object bean);

    /**

     * true}. If {@code false}, unknown elements will be ignored instead of causing a failure.
     */
    String IS_STRICT = "org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.isStrict";

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified file.
     *
     * @param input The file to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.

     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    PluginPrefixRequest setPluginGroups(List<String> pluginGroups);

    /**
     * Gets the POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the prefix.
     *
     * @return The POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the prefix or {@code null} to only search the plugin
     *         repositories.
     */

     * @param newValue the data to associate with the key, may be {@code null} to remove the mapping
     * @return {@code true} if the key mapping was successfully updated from the old value to the new value,
     *         {@code false} if the current key mapping didn't match the expected value and was not updated.
     */
    <T> boolean replace(@Nonnull Key<T> key, @Nullable T oldValue, @Nullable T newValue);

     * @return the parsed version constraint, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the range specification violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     */
    @Nonnull
    VersionConstraint parseVersionConstraint(@Nonnull String constraint);

    /**
     * Checks whether a given artifact version is considered a {@code SNAPSHOT} or not.
     */