} catch (XMLStreamException e) {
            throw new IOException(e.getMessage(), e);
        }

        if (!"extension".equals(dom.getName())) {
            throw new IOException("Unexpected root element \"" + dom.getName() + "\", expected \"extension\"");
        }

        extensionDescriptor.setExportedPackages(parseStrings(dom.getChild("exportedPackages")));

    /**
     * Returns the file paths of all dependencies, regardless on which tool option those paths should be placed.
     * The returned list may contain a mix of Java class-path, Java module-path, and other types of path elements.
     *
     * @return the paths of all dependencies
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<Path> getPaths();

    /**