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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.maven;
+
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.Value;
+import org.openrewrite.*;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.StringUtils;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
+import org.openrewrite.marker.SearchResult;
+import org.openrewrite.maven.table.MavenMetadataFailures;
+import org.openrewrite.maven.tree.MavenMetadata;
+import org.openrewrite.maven.tree.MavenRepository;
+import org.openrewrite.semver.Semver;
+import org.openrewrite.semver.VersionComparator;
+import org.openrewrite.xml.AddToTagVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.xml.tree.Xml;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@Value
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = false)
+public class AddParentPom extends Recipe {
+ transient MavenMetadataFailures metadataFailures = new MavenMetadataFailures(this);
+
+ @Option(displayName = "Group ID",
+ description = "The group ID of the maven parent pom to be adopted.",
+ example = "org.springframework.boot")
+ String groupId;
+
+ @Option(displayName = "Artifact ID",
+ description = "The artifact ID of the maven parent pom to be adopted.",
+ example = "spring-boot-starter-parent")
+ String artifactId;
+
+ @Option(displayName = "Version",
+ description = "An exact version number or node-style semver selector used to select the version number.",
+ example = "29.X")
+ String version;
+
+ @Option(displayName = "Relative path",
+ description = "New relative path attribute for parent lookup.",
+ example = "../pom.xml")
+ @Nullable
+ String relativePath;
+
+ @Option(displayName = "Version pattern",
+ description = "Allows version selection to be extended beyond the original Node Semver semantics. So for example," +
+ "Setting 'version' to \"25-29\" can be paired with a metadata pattern of \"-jre\" to select Guava 29.0-jre",
+ example = "-jre",
+ required = false)
+ @Nullable
+ String versionPattern;
+
+ @Override
+ public String getDisplayName() {
+ return "Add Maven parent";
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String getInstanceNameSuffix() {
+ return String.format("`%s:%s:%s`", groupId, artifactId, version);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String getDescription() {
+ return "Add a parent pom to a Maven pom.xml. Does nothing if a parent pom is already present.";
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public Validated