/**
 * <p>
 * Generic implementation of version comparison.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Features:
 * <ul>
 * <li>mixing of '<code>-</code>' (hyphen) and '<code>.</code>' (dot) separators,</li>
 * <li>transition between characters and digits also constitutes a separator:
 *     <code>1.0alpha1 =&gt; [1, [alpha, 1]]</code></li>
 * <li>unlimited number of version components,</li>

            return value;
        };

        BeanConfigurationPathTranslator translator = path -> new File("base", path.getPath()).getAbsoluteFile();

        DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest request = new DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest();
        request.setBean(bean).setConfiguration(config);
        request.setValuePreprocessor(preprocessor).setPathTranslator(translator);

        configurator.configureBean(request);

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package org.apache.maven.configuration;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Postprocesses filesystem paths. For instance, a path translator might want to resolve relative paths given in the
 * bean configuration against some base directory.
 *
 */
public interface BeanConfigurationPathTranslator {

    /**
     * Translates the specified path.