@Nonnull
    Instant getStartTime();

    /**
     * Gets the directory of the topmost project being built, usually the current directory or the
     * directory pointed at by the {@code -f/--file} command line argument.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Path getTopDirectory();

    /**
     * Gets the root directory of the session, which is the root directory for the top directory project.
     *

                    }
                }
            }
        } 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

        }
    }

    /**
     * Adds a dependency to the result. This method populates the {@link #nodes}, {@link #paths},
     * {@link #dispatchedPaths} and {@link #dependencies} collections with the given arguments.
     *
     * @param node the dependency node
     * @param dep the dependency for the given node, or {@code null} if none
     * @param filter filter the paths accepted by the tool which will consume the path.