*
 * For a particular application plugin there will be a declarative descriptor for that plugin type.
 *
 * - nexus - the plugin class - UI to contribute - what JS to hook into the UI - what resources to
 * load into the UI - having packed or unpacked plugins, and positioning resources if necessary -
 * maven can work out of the classloader, nexus plugins probably couldn't give the js and image
 * resources
 *

/**
 * An object that converts literal text into a format safe for inclusion in a particular context
 * (such as an XML document). Typically (but not always), the inverse process of "unescaping" the
 * text is performed automatically by the relevant parser.
 *
 * <p>For example, an XML escaper would convert the literal string {@code "Foo<Bar>"} into {@code

/**
 * Handles expansion of general build plugin configuration into individual executions.
 *
 * @deprecated use {@code org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilder} instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface PluginConfigurationExpander {

    /**
     * Merges values from general build plugin configuration into the individual plugin executions of the given model.
     *

tasks.register('copyExpression', Copy) {
  dependsOn configurations.expression
  from { configurations.expression.collect { zipTree(it) } }
  into "${buildDir}/plugins/expression"
}

tasks.register("copyPainless", Copy) { 
  dependsOn configurations.painless
  from { configurations.painless.collect { zipTree(it) } }
  into "${buildDir}/plugins/painless"
}

tasks.named("run").configure {
  executable = "${BuildParams.runtimeJavaHome}/bin/java"

     */
    BeanConfigurationRequest setBean(Object bean);

    /**
     * Gets the configuration to unmarshal into the bean.
     *
     * @return The configuration to unmarshal into the bean or {@code null} if none.
     */
    Object getConfiguration();

    /**
     * Sets the configuration to unmarshal into the bean. The configuration should be taken from

 * i.e. <code>reportPlugins</code> and <code>outputDirectory</code> parameters.
 *
 * @deprecated since maven 4.0, this interface is not used anymore and is only here for compatibility
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ReportingConverter {

    /**
     * Converts values from model's reporting section into the configuration for Maven Site Plugin 3.x.

 * CharEscaper based on the generated array.
 *
 * @author Sven Mawson
 * @since 15.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class CharEscaperBuilder {
  /**
   * Simple decorator that turns an array of replacement char[]s into a CharEscaper, this results in
   * a very fast escape method.
   */
  private static final class CharArrayDecorator extends CharEscaper {
    private final char[] @Nullable [] replacements;

 *
 * @author mbechler
 */
public interface Encodable {

    /**
     * Encodes this object into the specified byte array.
     *
     * @param dst the destination byte array to encode into
     * @param dstIndex the starting index in the destination array
     * @return encoded length
     */
    int encode(byte[] dst, int dstIndex);

    /**

  }

  /**
   * Copies an iterable's elements into an array.
   *
   * @param iterable the iterable to copy
   * @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterable have been copied
   */
  static @Nullable Object[] toArray(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    return castOrCopyToCollection(iterable).toArray();
  }

  /**
   * Converts an iterable into a collection. If the iterable is already a collection, it is

/**
 * Handles expansion of general report plugin configuration into individual report sets.
 *
 * @deprecated use {@code org.apache.maven.api.services.ModelBuilder} instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface ReportConfigurationExpander {

    /**
     * Merges values from general report plugin configuration into the individual reports sets of the given model.
     *