* could still be converted by the configurator so we leave those alone). If so, back off to evaluating the
         * expression from properties only.
         */
        if (value != null && type != null && !(value instanceof String) && !isTypeCompatible(type, value)) {
            value = null;
        }

        if (value == null) {

            boolean isBlankVersion = descriptor.getRequiredMavenVersion() == null
                    || descriptor.getRequiredMavenVersion().trim().isEmpty();

            if (isBlankVersion) {
                // only take value from underlying POM if plugin descriptor has no explicit Maven requirement
                descriptor.setRequiredMavenVersion(artifact.getProperty("requiredMavenVersion", null));
            }

     */
    ArtifactFilter getArtifactFilter();

    /**
     * Returns a filter for only the core artifacts.
     *
     * @return the artifact filter
     */
    ArtifactFilter getCoreArtifactFilter();

    /**
     * Exclude an extension artifact (doesn't affect getArtifactFilter's result, only getExtensionArtifactFilter).
     *
     * @param artifactId an artifact id

     * Merge a new metadata set into this piece of metadata.
     * TODO this should only be needed on the repository metadata {@link org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata}
     *
     * @param metadata the new metadata
     */
    void merge(ArtifactMetadata metadata);

    /**
     * Store the metadata in the local repository.

        return predGroupId.and(predArtifactId);
    }

    /**
     * In order to reuse the glob matcher from the filesystem, we need
     * to create Path instances.  Those are only used with the toString method.
     * This hack works because the only system-dependent thing is the path
     * separator which should not be part of the groupId or artifactId.
     */
    private static Path createPathProxy(String value) {

     *         repositories.
     */
    Model getPom();

    /**
     * Sets the POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the version.
     *
     * @param pom The POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the version, may be {@code null} to only search the
     *            plugin repositories.

  <dependencyManagement>
    <!-- Not included:
         - apache-maven, as it delivers the binaries
         - maven-compat, only used by apache-maven distributions to support older releases
         - maven-slf4j-provider, only used by apache-maven distributions
         - maven-wrapper, only used by apache-maven-wrapper distributions -->
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>

import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecution;

/**
 * Assists in firing execution events. <strong>Warning:</strong> This is an internal utility interface that is only
 * public for technical reasons, it is not part of the public API. In particular, this interface can be changed or
 * deleted without prior notice.
 *
 */
public interface ExecutionEventCatapult {

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<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

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  While <mailingLists> are inherited, they are not aggregated, only the child elements are used.
  -->

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3843</groupId>
    <artifactId>parent-1</artifactId>
    <version>0.1</version>
  </parent>

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<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

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  While <developers> are inherited, they are not aggregated, only the child elements are used.
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  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3843</groupId>
    <artifactId>parent-1</artifactId>
    <version>0.1</version>
  </parent>