* Throws {@code IllegalArgumentException} if the ordering of {@code endpoints} is not compatible
   * with the directionality of this graph.
   */
  protected final void validateEndpoints(EndpointPair<?> endpoints) {
    checkNotNull(endpoints);
    checkArgument(isOrderingCompatible(endpoints), ENDPOINTS_MISMATCH);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} iff {@code endpoints}' ordering is compatible with the directionality of

     */
    private void updateFileIfChanged() throws IOException {
        String path = "META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven.api.di.Inject";
        Set<String> existingClasses = new TreeSet<>(); // Using TreeSet for natural ordering
        String existingContent = "";

        // Try to read existing content
        try {
            FileObject inputFile = processingEnv.getFiler().getResource(StandardLocation.CLASS_OUTPUT, "", path);

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.AnEnum;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.SampleElements;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.TestEnumMapGenerator;

import com.google.common.base.Functions;
import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
import com.google.common.testing.GcFinalization;
import com.google.common.testing.NullPointerTester;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.util.HashMap;

import com.google.common.base.Functions;
import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
import com.google.common.testing.GcFinalization;
import com.google.common.testing.NullPointerTester;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.util.HashMap;

import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Functions;
import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedInteger;
import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedLong;
import com.google.common.testing.ForwardingWrapperTester;
import com.google.common.testing.NullPointerTester;

import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
import org.apache.maven.model.PluginContainer;

/** @deprecated */
@Deprecated
public final class ModelUtils {

    /**
     * This should be the resulting ordering of plugins after merging:
     * <p>
     * Given:
     * <pre>
     * parent: X -&gt; A -&gt; B -&gt; D -&gt; E
     * child: Y -&gt; A -&gt; C -&gt; D -&gt; F
     * </pre>
     * Result:
     * <pre>

 * a {@link SortedSet}. It cannot hold duplicate key-value pairs; adding a key-value pair that's
 * already in the multimap has no effect. This interface does not specify the ordering of the
 * multimap's keys. See the {@link Multimap} documentation for information common to all multimaps.
 *
 * <p>The {@link #get}, {@link #removeAll}, and {@link #replaceValues} methods each return a {@link

    checkNotNull(other);
    checkArgument(this.domain.equals(other.domain));
    if (other.isEmpty()) {
      return other;
    } else {
      C lowerEndpoint = Ordering.<C>natural().max(this.first(), other.first());
      C upperEndpoint = Ordering.<C>natural().min(this.last(), other.last());
      return (lowerEndpoint.compareTo(upperEndpoint) <= 0)
          ? ContiguousSet.create(Range.closed(lowerEndpoint, upperEndpoint), domain)

      if (forwardComparator == null) {
        return (Comparator) Ordering.natural().reverse();
      } else {
        return reverse(forwardComparator);
      }
    }

    // If we inline this, we get a javac error.
    private static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> reverse(Comparator<T> forward) {
      return Ordering.from(forward).reverse();
    }

    @Override