/**
     * {@return the time at which the dependency will be used}
     * If may be, for example, at compile time only, at run time or at test time.
     *
     * @see DependencyCoordinates#getScope()
     */
    @Nonnull
    DependencyScope getScope();

    /**
     * Returns whether the dependency is optional or mandatory.
     * Contrarily to {@link DependencyCoordinates}, the obligation of a {@code Dependency} is always present.

		rawQuery,
		getCanonicalHeaders(extractedSignedHeaders),
		getSignedHeaders(extractedSignedHeaders),
		payload,
	}, "\n")
	return canonicalRequest
}

// getScope generate a string of a specific date, an AWS region, and a service.
func getScope(t time.Time, region string) string {
	scope := strings.Join([]string{
		t.Format(yyyymmdd),
		region,
		string(serviceS3),
		"aws4_request",
	}, SlashSeparator)

        if (dependency == null) {
            return null;
        }

        org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact result = toArtifact(dependency.getArtifact());
        result.setScope(dependency.getScope());
        result.setOptional(dependency.isOptional());

        return result;
    }

    public static org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact toArtifact(Artifact artifact) {
        if (artifact == null) {

                            String s1 = ArtifactScopeEnum.checkScope(md.artifactScope)
                                    .getScope();
                            String s2 = ArtifactScopeEnum.checkScope(vmd.artifactScope)
                                    .getScope();
                            return s1.compareTo(s2);
                        } else {
                            return 0;

    }

    public Object getDatum() {
        return datum;
    }

    public void setDatum(Object datum) {
        this.datum = datum;
    }

    public String getScope() {
        return scope;
    }

    public void setScope(String scope) {
        this.scope = scope;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getGroupId() + ":" + getArtifactId() + ":" + getVersion() + ":"

    }

    /**
     * check ut.simple:artifact:1.0 dependencies
     */
    private void checkUtSimpleArtifactDependencies(Dependency dep1, Dependency dep2) {
        assertEquals("compile", dep1.getScope());
        assertFalse(dep1.isOptional());
        assertEquals(0, dep1.getExclusions().size());
        Artifact depArtifact = dep1.getArtifact();
        assertEquals("ut.simple", depArtifact.getGroupId());

    Type getType();

    /**
     * {@return the time at which the dependency will be used}
     * If may be, for example, at compile time only, at run time or at test time.
     */
    @Nonnull
    DependencyScope getScope();

    /**
     * Returns whether the dependency is optional, mandatory or of unspecified obligation.
     *
     * @return the obligation, or {@code null} if unspecified
     */
    @Nullable

 * For a given dependency, the scope is directly derived from the
 * {@link org.apache.maven.api.model.Dependency#getScope()} and will be used when using {@link PathScope}
 * and the {@link org.apache.maven.api.services.DependencyResolver}.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 * @see org.apache.maven.api.model.Dependency#getScope()
 * @see org.apache.maven.api.services.DependencyResolver
 */
@Experimental
@Immutable
public enum DependencyScope {

                dependency.getArtifactId(),
                dependency.getVersion(),
                dependency.getScope(),
                dependency.getType(),
                dependency.getClassifier(),
                new TestArtifactHandler(dependency.getType()));

        if (Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM.equals(dependency.getScope())) {
            artifact.setFile(new File(dependency.getSystemPath()));
            artifact.setResolved(true);

            Artifact artifact = (Artifact) aSet;
            System.out.println("Artifact: " + artifact.getDependencyConflictId() + " " + artifact.getVersion()
                    + " Scope: " + artifact.getScope());
            assertTrue(
                    artifact.getVersion().equals("1.0"), "Incorrect version for " + artifact.getDependencyConflictId());
        }
    }