* the project directory will not be considered when locating the POM file. The return value will be an absolute
     * path if the project directory is given as an absolute path.
     *
     * @param projectDirectory The (possibly non-existent) base directory to locate the POM file in, must not be {@code
     *            null}.
     * @return The path to the (possibly non-existent) POM file, never {@code null}.

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{
  "formatVersion": "1.1",
  "component": {
    "group": "${pom.groupId}",
    "module": "${pom.artifactId}",
    "version": "${pom.version}",
    "attributes": {
      "org.gradle.status": "${module.status}"
    }
  },
  "createdBy": {
    "maven": {
      "version": "${maven.version}",
      "buildId": "${maven.build.version}"
    }
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "${variant.jvmEnvironmentVariantName}ApiElements",

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<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven</groupId>
  <artifactId>p0</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p0</name>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <organization>
    <name>Codehaus</name>
  </organization>

<project>
  <parent>
    <artifactId>p1</artifactId>
    <groupId>maven</groupId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven</groupId>
  <artifactId>p2</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p2</name>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <mailingLists>
    <mailingList>
      <name>mailing-list</name>
    </mailingList>
  </mailingLists>

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    <artifactId>p0</artifactId>
    <groupId>maven.t01</groupId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven.t01</groupId>
  <artifactId>p1</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p1</name>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <organization>
    <name>p1-org</name>
  </organization>

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<project>
  <parent>
    <artifactId>p0</artifactId>
    <groupId>maven</groupId>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <artifactId>p1</artifactId>