* then the path type is determined by checking if the dependency is modular.</p>
     *
     * @param types types of path where a dependency can be placed
     * @param filter filter the paths accepted by the tool which will consume the path
     * @param path path to the JAR file or output directory of the dependency
     * @return where to place the dependency, or an empty value if the placement cannot be determined

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Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on
the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's
build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

    @Nonnull
    PathScope getPathScope();

    /**
     * Returns a filter for the types of path (class-path, module-path, …) accepted by the tool.
     * For example, if a Java tools accepts only class-path elements, then the filter should return
     * {@code true} for {@link JavaPathType#CLASSES} and {@code false} for {@link JavaPathType#MODULES}.

        if (Files.isDirectory(bin)) {
            if (Os.IS_WINDOWS) {
                Path tool = bin.resolve(toolName + ".exe");
                if (Files.exists(tool)) {
                    return tool;
                }
            }
            Path tool = bin.resolve(toolName);
            if (Files.exists(tool)) {
                return tool;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

     *
     * @return the toolchain type
     */
    String getType();

    /**
     * Gets the platform tool executable.
     *
     * @param toolName the tool platform independent tool name.
     * @return file representing the tool executable, or null if the tool can not be found
     */
    String findTool(String toolName);

    This is a reference for the Maven Toolchains descriptor.
    <p>The default location for the toolchains file is {@code ~/.m2/toolchains.xml}
    <p>A Toolchain is a preconfigured object that Maven plugins can use for tool configuration retrieval (location and other information).
    <p>The <a href="/plugins/maven-toolchains-plugin/">toolchains-plugin</a> can read available toolchains on the user's computer

  <version>2.0</version>
  <description>Maven is a project development management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model: builds, dependency management, documentation creation, site publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from the declarative file. Maven can be extended by plugins to utilise a number of other development tools for reporting or the build process.</description>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven2/</url>

     * 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();

    /**
     * Returns the file paths of all dependencies, dispatched according the tool options where to place them.

    /**
     * The ordered list of the flattened dependency nodes.
     */
    private final List<Node> nodes;

    /**
     * The file paths of all dependencies, regardless on which Java tool option those paths should be placed.
     */
    private final List<Path> paths;

    /**
     * The file paths of all dependencies, dispatched according the Java options where to place them.
     */

  <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
  <version>5</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>Apache Maven</name>
  <description>
    Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model
    (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.
  </description>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org/</url>