<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0-beta-6-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>

  <name>Maven 3 Plugin API</name>

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0-beta-6-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>maven-toolchain-model</artifactId>

  <name>Maven Toolchain Model</name>

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0-beta-6-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>maven-cli</artifactId>

  <name>Maven 4 CLI</name>

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0-beta-6-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>

  <name>Maven Repository Metadata Model</name>

    }
  }

  /**
   * Creates any necessary but nonexistent parent directories of the specified file. Note that if
   * this operation fails it may have succeeded in creating some (but not all) of the necessary
   * parent directories.
   *
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs, or if any necessary but nonexistent parent
   *     directories of the specified file could not be created.
   * @since 4.0
   */

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0-beta-6-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>

  <name>Maven Settings</name>
  <description>Maven Settings model.</description>

        }

        return resolvedOptionalProjects;
    }

    private List<MavenProject> getChildProjects(MavenProject parent, MavenExecutionRequest request) {
        final List<MavenProject> children = parent.getCollectedProjects();
        if (children != null && request.isRecursive()) {
            return children;
        } else {
            return new ArrayList<>();
        }

        <!-- Parent Model                                                           -->
        <!-- ====================================================================== -->

        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>parent</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>The location of the parent project, if one exists. Values from the parent

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0-beta-6-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>

  <name>Maven Model Builder (deprecated)</name>

 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.api.model;

public interface InputLocationTracker {
    InputLocation getLocation(Object field);

    /**
     * Gets the parent InputLocation where this InputLocation may have been imported from.
     * Can return {@code null}.
     *
     * @return InputLocation
     * @since 4.0.0
     */
    InputLocation getImportedFrom();