*
 * <p>It is generally safe for <i>applications</i> to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra
 * work during upgrades. However it is generally inadvisable for <i>libraries</i> (which get
 * included on users' CLASSPATHs, outside the library developers' control) to do so.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target({
  ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
  ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
  ElementType.FIELD,

 *
 * <p>It is generally safe for <i>applications</i> to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra
 * work during upgrades. However it is generally inadvisable for <i>libraries</i> (which get
 * included on users' CLASSPATHs, outside the library developers' control) to do so.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target({
  ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
  ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
  ElementType.FIELD,

    /**
     * The path identified by the Java {@code --class-path} option.
     * Used for compilation, execution and Javadoc among others.
     * The Java tools location is {@link StandardLocation#CLASS_PATH}.
     *
     * <h4>Context-sensitive interpretation</h4>
     * A dependency with this path type will not necessarily be placed on the class path.

    <glob pattern="abs-menulinks"/>
    <glob pattern="*.aart"/>
    <glob pattern="*.ac"/>
    <glob pattern="*.am"/>
    <glob pattern="*.apt"/>
    <glob pattern="*.bsh"/>
    <glob pattern="*.classpath"/>
    <glob pattern="*.cnd"/>
    <glob pattern="*.cwiki"/>
    <glob pattern="*.data"/>
    <glob pattern="*.dcl"/>
    <glob pattern="*.dsp"/>
    <glob pattern="*.dsw"/>
    <glob pattern="*.egrm"/>

 * all the dependencies.</p>
 *
 * <p>The <dfn>Dependency graph flattening</dfn> process in Maven reduces a complex,
 * multi-level dependency graph to a map of ordered lists that can be turned into classpaths.
 * During this process only the most relevant version of each artifact
 * (based on group ID and artifact ID) is retained, resolving conflicts and eliminating duplicates to ensure