for (int i = 1; i < instants.length; i++) {
            assertTrue(
                    instants[i].compareTo(instants[i - 1]) >= 0,
                    "Time should never go backwards even with rapid successive calls");
        }
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("MonotonicClock should maintain reasonable alignment with system time")
    void testSystemTimeAlignment() {

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Defines a simple logging interface for Maven CLI operations. These operations happen "early", when there may
 * be no logging set up even. Implementations may be "accumulating", in which case {@link #drain()}  method should
 * be used.
 * <p>
 * This interface provides methods for logging messages at different severity levels

// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

         */
        EXTERNAL
    }

    /**
     * Reports plugin issues applicable to the plugin as a whole.
     * <p>
     * This method should be used in "early" phase of plugin execution, possibly even when plugin or mojo descriptor
     * does not exist yet. In turn, this method will not record extra information like plugin occurrence or declaration
     * location as those are not yet available.
     */

### Return values { #return-values }

And they can return values or not, the values won't be used.

So, you can reuse a normal dependency (that returns a value) you already use somewhere else, and even though the value won't be used, the dependency will be executed:

{* ../../docs_src/dependencies/tutorial006_an_py39.py hl[11,16] *}