public Settings read(@Nonnull XmlReaderRequest request) throws XmlReaderException {
        nonNull(request, "request");
        Reader reader = request.getReader();
        InputStream inputStream = request.getInputStream();
        if (reader == null && inputStream == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("reader or inputStream must be non null");
        }
        try {
            InputSource source = null;

    }

    public void addMessage(String message) {
        messages.add(message);
    }

    public String toString() {
        return render("");
    }

    public String render(String indentation) {
        if (messages.size() == 0) {
            return indentation + "There were no validation errors.";
        }

        StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();

            ExpressionEvaluator evaluator,
            ClassLoader loader,
            ConfigurationListener listener)
            throws ComponentConfigurationException {
        new EnhancedConfigurationConverter()
                .processConfiguration(
                        converterLookup,
                        component,
                        loader, //
                        configuration,
                        evaluator,

                final Class<?> enclosingType,
                final ClassLoader loader,
                final ExpressionEvaluator evaluator,
                final ConfigurationListener listener)
                throws ComponentConfigurationException {
            final Object result =
                    super.fromConfiguration(lookup, configuration, type, enclosingType, loader, evaluator, listener);

            return result instanceof Path

    Metadata read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *
     * @param input The reader to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for deserialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.

        return read(Files.newInputStream(input.toPath()), options);
    }

    public Metadata read(Reader input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input cannot be null");

        try (Reader in = input) {
            return new Metadata(new MetadataStaxReader().read(in, isStrict(options)));
        } catch (XMLStreamException e) {

    Path locateExistingPom(@Nonnull Path project);

    /**
     * Reads the model from the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *
     * @param request The reader request to deserialize the model, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The deserialized model, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the model could not be deserialized.

    }

    @Nonnull
    default T read(@Nonnull Reader reader) throws XmlReaderException {
        return read(reader, true);
    }

    @Nonnull
    default T read(@Nonnull Reader reader, boolean strict) throws XmlReaderException {
        return read(XmlReaderRequest.builder().reader(reader).strict(strict).build());
    }

    @Nonnull

        Path path = request.getPath();
        URL url = request.getURL();
        Reader reader = request.getReader();
        InputStream inputStream = request.getInputStream();
        if (path == null && url == null && reader == null && inputStream == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("path, url, reader or inputStream must be non null");
        }
        try {
            InputSource source = null;

    /**
     * Gets the class loader from which to load any types referenced by the configuration. If unset, the class loader of
     * the bean class will be used.
     *
     * @return The class loader to load referenced types from or {@code null} if unset.
     */
    ClassLoader getClassLoader();

    /**