Create a first Maven 4 test case

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Overview

This PR adds a comprehensive Maven 4 test case to demonstrate that m2e currently does not support Maven 4 features and to provide a validation target for future Maven 4 support implementation.

What's Added

Maven4Test.java

A new JUnit test class in org.eclipse.m2e.core.tests with two test methods:

• testMaven4BasicProject() - Attempts to import a Maven 4 multi-module project with subprojects
• testMaven4ModelVersion() - Tests parsing of Maven 4.1.0 model version

These tests are expected to fail with the current m2e (which only supports Maven 3) and will pass once Maven 4 support is implemented. This serves two purposes:

1. Documents that m2e does NOT currently support Maven 4
2. Provides validation that Maven 4 support works when implemented

HelloMaven4 Test Project

A demonstration Maven 4 project in resources/projects/HelloMaven4/ that showcases real-world Maven 4 features:

Maven 4 Features Demonstrated:

• ✅ Model version 4.1.0 - Uses <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion> and the new xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.1.0" namespace
• ✅ Subprojects instead of modules - Parent POM uses <subprojects> element instead of <modules>
• ✅ Inheritance of groupId and version - Child POMs omit <groupId> and <version> tags, inheriting them from the parent
• ⏳ Better Java version handling - Uses maven.compiler.release property (partially demonstrated)

Project Structure:

HelloMaven4/
├── pom.xml (parent with Maven 4.1.0)
├── hello-core/ (library subproject)
│   ├── pom.xml
│   └── src/main/java/.../GreetingService.java
├── hello-app/ (application subproject)
│   ├── pom.xml
│   └── src/main/java/.../HelloWorldApp.java
└── README.md (comprehensive documentation)

The project includes:

• A simple GreetingService library in hello-core
• A HelloWorldApp application in hello-app that depends on hello-core
• Complete README documenting all Maven 4 features used, references, and scope

Based On

This implementation follows the real-world Maven 4 usage from the jline3 project, as requested in the issue.

Goals

As outlined in the issue, this PR achieves:

1. Shows that current m2e does NOT support Maven 4 - The tests will fail when run, documenting the gap
2. Provides a validation target - As Maven 4 support is implemented, this test can be used to verify it works correctly and can be enhanced to test additional features

References

• What's New in Maven 4
• Maven 4 Downloads (Preview 4.0.0-rc-2)
• JLine3 Project - Real-world Maven 4 example
• Maven 4 Announcement

Fixes #ISSUE_NUMBER

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Create a fist Maven 4 testcase</issue_title>
<issue_description>Currently m2e uses Maven 3 but Maven 4 is approaching soon https://lists.apache.org/thread/jnb3snhdm4b564gz8hbctp9rfk8fc67n and there is a lot of new feature to find.

Because of this we should take a first step and add a new JUnit test to m2e that uses a Maven 4 style project.

For this we should

• add a new tescase Maven4Test to org.eclipse.m2e.core.tests
• create a dummy Maven 4 project in resources/projects/HelloMaven4
• this project should be based on https://github.com/jline/jline3 as an example for the use of maven 4 features (e.g. new model version, subprojects, inheritance of group and version) as a real world usage.
• We should uses a "demo" namespace and we do not need that much code and details so a simple HelloWorld application would be sufficient but still use enough of the new feature
• We should reference what new maven 4 features to be found here https://maven.apache.org/whatsnewinmaven4.html are used in the example and place a readme in the resources/projects/HelloMaven4 to describe the current coverage and scope
• Make sure this compiles fine with the latest Preview 4.x release found here https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

This has two goals here:

1. We show that current m2e does NOT support Maven 4
2. While we implement Maven 4 support we can use this as a proof it actually works and later can be enhanced if we discover more things that need to be implemented.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

Fixes #2056

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[laeubi]

Test case was included here:

• Use Maven 4 as the runtime for m2eclipse #2053