// before because with parents as ranges it will never work in this scenario.
        //

        String groupId = candidateModel.getGroupId();
        if (groupId == null && candidateModel.getParent() != null) {
            groupId = candidateModel.getParent().getGroupId();
        }
        String artifactId = candidateModel.getArtifactId();

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
    <groupId>cyclic-reference</groupId>
    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </parent>
  <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>cyclic-reference</groupId>
      <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </dependency>

-->

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <artifactId>aid</artifactId>
  <groupId>gid</groupId>
  <version>1.0</version>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
        <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>test</groupId>
            <!-- artifact id missing -->
            <version>2.0</version>

-->

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <artifactId>aid</artifactId>
  <groupId>gid</groupId>
  <version>1.0</version>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
        <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>test</groupId>
            <artifactId>a</artifactId>
            <!-- version missing -->

specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-->

<project>
  <parent>
    <artifactId>p2</artifactId>
    <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
  <artifactId>p3</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p3</name>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <inceptionYear>2000</inceptionYear>

specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-->

<project>
  <parent>
    <artifactId>p1</artifactId>
    <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
  <artifactId>p2</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p2</name>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <mailingLists>
    <mailingList>

specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-->

<project>
  <parent>
    <artifactId>p3</artifactId>
    <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
  <artifactId>p4</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p4</name>
  <version>1.0</version>

specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-->

<project>
  <parent>
    <artifactId>p0</artifactId>
    <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven.t02</groupId>
  <artifactId>p1</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>p1</name>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <scm>
    <url>scm-url</url>
  </scm>

    public static class Artifact {
        private String groupId;

        private String artifactId;

        private String version;

        private String extension;

        private String classifier;

        public Artifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String extension, String classifier) {
            this.groupId = groupId;
            this.artifactId = artifactId;

            if (o == this) {
                return true;
            }
            if (o instanceof CacheKey that) {
                return Objects.equals(groupId, that.groupId)
                        && Objects.equals(artifactId, that.artifactId)
                        && Objects.equals(version, that.version)
                        && Objects.equals(dependencyArtifacts, that.dependencyArtifacts)