* <p><b>Algorithm:</b>
     * If the given path is a directory, then there is a choice:
     * </p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li><b>Package hierarchy:</b> if a {@code module-info.class} file is found at the root,
     *       then builds a singleton map with the module name declared in that descriptor.</li>
     *   <li><b>Module hierarchy:</b> if {@code module-info.class} files are found in sub-directories,

 * Benchmarks (as of December 2011) show that:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>for an unnested {@code lock()} and {@code unlock()}, a cycle detecting lock takes 38ns as
 *       opposed to the 24ns taken by a plain lock.
 *   <li>for nested locking, the cost increases with the depth of the nesting:
 *       <ul>
 *         <li>2 levels: average of 64ns per lock()/unlock()
 *         <li>3 levels: average of 77ns per lock()/unlock()

 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Shallow immutability.</b> Elements can never be added, removed or replaced in this
 *       collection. This is a stronger guarantee than that of {@link
 *       Collections#unmodifiableCollection}, whose contents change whenever the wrapped collection
 *       is modified.
 *   <li><b>Null-hostility.</b> This collection will never contain a null element.

                chkCorrectWord = true;

                $tmpli = $($olEle.children("li"));
                for (k = 0; k < $tmpli.length; k++) {
                  if (str === $($tmpli.get(k)).html()) {
                    chkCorrectWord = false;
                  }
                }

                if (chkCorrectWord) {
                  $liEle = $("<li/>");
                  $liEle.html(str);

 *
 * <p>Advantages compared to {@code long[]}:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All the many well-known advantages of immutability (read <i>Effective Java</i>, third
 *       edition, Item 17).
 *   <li>Has the value-based (not identity-based) {@link #equals}, {@link #hashCode}, and {@link
 *       #toString} behavior you expect.
 *   <li>Offers useful operations beyond just {@code get} and {@code length}, so you don't have to

     * <ul>
     * <li>{@code *} (since 2.0.5)= everything,</li>
     * <li>{@code external:*}  (since 2.0.9)= everything not on the localhost and not file based,</li>
     * <li>{@code external:http:*} (since 3.8.0)= any repository not on the localhost using HTTP,</li>
     * <li>{@code repo,repo1}  (since 2.0.9)= {@code repo} or {@code repo1},</li>

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>If {@code index >= end}, {@link IndexOutOfBoundsException} is thrown.
   *   <li><b>If the character at the specified index is not a surrogate, it is returned.</b>
   *   <li>If the first character was a high surrogate value, then an attempt is made to read the
   *       next character.
   *       <ol>

     * </p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li>If {@link #MODULES} path type is also set, then the dependency can be placed either on the
     *       class-path or on the module-path, but only one of those. The choice is up to the plugin,
     *       possibly using heuristic rules (Maven 3 behavior).</li>
     *   <li>If a {@link #patchModule(String)} is also set and the main JAR file is placed on the module-path,