}
                }
            }
        } catch (IOException | XMLStreamException e) {
            // The root locator can be used very early during the setup of Maven,
            // even before the arguments from the command line are parsed.  Any exception
            // that would happen here should cause the build to fail at a later stage
            // (when actually parsing the POM) and will lead to a better exception being

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Indicates that annotated component should be instantiated before session execution starts
 * and discarded after session execution completes.
 *
 * TODO: this is currently not implemented
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Scope
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)

 * the fact that the problem reporter has/should not have information about the calling context and hence cannot provide
 * an expressive source hint for the model problem. Instead, the source hint is configured by the model builder before
 * it delegates to other components that potentially encounter problems. Then, the problem reporter can focus on
 * providing a simple error message, leaving the donkey work of creating a nice model problem to this component.
 *

 * the fact that the problem reporter has/should not have information about the calling context and hence cannot provide
 * an expressive source hint for the model problem. Instead, the source hint is configured by the model builder before
 * it delegates to other components that potentially encounter problems. Then, the problem reporter can focus on
 * providing a simple error message, leaving the donkey work of creating a nice model problem to this component.
 *

        if (metadata == null) {
            metadata = this.metadata;

            changed = true;
        } else {
            changed = metadata.merge(this.metadata);
        }

        // beware meta-versions!
        String version = metadata.getVersion();
        if (Artifact.LATEST_VERSION.equals(version) || Artifact.RELEASE_VERSION.equals(version)) {

     */
    @Nullable
    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}.