* applied on output.
     *
     * @param bytes The block of data that is to be Base-64 encoded.
     * @return A <code>String</code> containing the encoded data.
     */
    public static String encode(final byte[] bytes) {
        int length = bytes.length;
        if (length == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder((int) Math.ceil(length / 3d) * 4);

    }

    @Override
    public SampleElements<E> samples() {
      return gen.samples();
    }

    @Override
    public Set<E> create(Object... elements) {
      return (Set<E>) SerializableTester.reserialize(gen.create(elements));
    }

    @Override
    public E[] createArray(int length) {
      return gen.createArray(length);
    }

    @Override

        this.exception = exception;
    }

    @Override
    public String getSource() {
        return source;
    }

    @Override
    public int getLineNumber() {
        return lineNumber;
    }

    @Override
    public int getColumnNumber() {
        return columnNumber;
    }

    @Override
    public String getLocation() {
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(256);

    private OptionalEntity<CrawlingInfo> crawlingInfo;

    public String getId() {
        return asDocMeta().id();
    }

    public void setId(final String id) {
        asDocMeta().id(id);
    }

    public Long getVersionNo() {
        return asDocMeta().version();
    }

    public void setVersionNo(final Long version) {
        asDocMeta().version(version);
    }

        return hash;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj) {
            return true;
        }

        if (obj instanceof AndArtifactFilter other) {
            return filters.equals(other.filters);
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

        if (modelProcessor != null) {
            return modelProcessor.locateExistingPom(current);
        } else {
            return Files.isRegularFile(current) ? current : null;
        }
    }

    protected String determineReactorFailureBehaviour(MavenContext context) {
        if (context.options().failFast().isPresent()) {
            return MavenExecutionRequest.REACTOR_FAIL_FAST;

        val functions = collectKtFunctionsFor(qualifiedBaseName, method)
        if (functions.isNotEmpty()) {
            return getSinceStatus(functions, fallback)
        }

        val properties = collectKtPropertiesFor(qualifiedBaseName, method)
        return getSinceStatus(properties, fallback)
    }

    private

                    return event;
                }
                return new Log4jLogEvent.Builder(event).setLevel(Level.WARN).build();
            }
        }
        return event;
    }

    /**
     * Factory method to create an ErrorToWarnRewritePolicy instance.
     *
     * @param loggerNamePrefix comma-separated list of logger name prefixes
     * @return a new ErrorToWarnRewritePolicy instance
     */

     * </p>
     *
     * @param inData
     *            The data to encode
     * @return The encoded data, or an empty string if the input is null or empty
     */
    public static String encode(final byte[] inData) {
        if (ArrayUtil.isEmpty(inData)) {
            return "";
        }
        return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(inData);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes data encoded in Base64.

     *
     * @return comparator that orders projects with longer dependency chains first
     */
    public Comparator<MavenProject> getComparator() {
        return comparator;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the calculated weight for a project, representing its dependency chain length.
     *
     * @param project the project
     * @return the project's weight (higher means longer dependency chain)