+-----+
 super model <- m0 <- m1 <- m2
+-----+

+-----+
<project>
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <parent>
   <groupId></groupId>
   <artifactId></artifactId>
   <version></version>
 </parent>
</project>
+-----+

Extending the POM in the future

  In order to anticipate changes in the structure of the POM as new releases of

                    <artifactId>sample</artifactId>
                    <version>1.0.0</version>

                    <dependencyManagement>
                      <dependencies>
                        <dependency>
                          <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
                          <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
                          <version>5.11.1</version>
                          <type>pom</type>

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.plugin.version;

/**
 * Resolves a version for a plugin.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface PluginVersionResolver {

    /**
     * Resolves the version for the specified request.
     *

            try {
                String version = resolveVersion(artifact, request);

                if (Artifact.RELEASE_VERSION.equals(version)) {
                    throw new ArtifactNotFoundException("Unable to determine the release version", artifact);
                }

                artifact.setBaseVersion(version);
                artifact.updateVersion(version, request.getLocalRepository());

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
    <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <dependencyManagement>

            String type,
            String classifier,
            List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories,
            String downloadUrl,
            List<String> path) {
        super(
                constructMissingArtifactMessage(
                        message, "", groupId, artifactId, version, type, classifier, downloadUrl, path),
                groupId,
                artifactId,
                version,

		return 0, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Unknown xl header version %d", metaVer)
	}
	if metaVer > xlMetaVersion {
		return 0, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Unknown xl meta version %d", metaVer)
	}
	versions, buf, e = msgp.ReadIntBytes(buf)
	if e != nil {
		return 0, buf, e
	}
	if versions < 0 {
		return 0, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Negative version count %d", versions)
	}
	return versions, buf, nil
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
distributed with this work for additional information
regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.validation</groupId>
    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
    <version>1</version>
  </parent>

  <groupId>org.apache.maven.validation</groupId>
  <artifactId>project</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

  <properties>
    <x>just/some/path</x>
  </properties>

  <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>repo</id>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
distributed with this work for additional information
regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at