// here and be safe. jvz.
        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

        try {
            Files.createDirectories(destination.toPath().getParent());
            Files.copy(file.toPath(), destination.toPath());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RepositoryMetadataStoreException("Error copying POM to the local repository.", e);
        }
    }

            Artifact artifact = createArtifact("artifact", "1.0");

            File file = new File(artifactBasedir, "artifact-1.0.jar");
            assertEquals("dummy", new String(Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8).trim());

            artifactDeployer.deploy(file, artifact, remoteRepository(), localRepository());

            ArtifactRepository remoteRepository = remoteRepository();

        this.modelLocator = modelLocator;
        this.modelReader = modelReader;
    }

    @Deprecated
    @Override
    public File locatePom(File projectDirectory) {
        return locatePom(projectDirectory.toPath()).toFile();
    }

    @Override
    public Path locatePom(Path projectDirectory) {
        // Note that the ModelProcessor#locatePom never returns null

    @Override
    public Path getPath() {
        return path;
    }

    public void merge(File existing, File result) throws RepositoryException {
        merge(existing != null ? existing.toPath() : null, result != null ? result.toPath() : null);
    }

    @Override
    public void merge(Path existing, Path result) throws RepositoryException {
        Metadata recessive = read(existing);

        merge(recessive);

public class DefaultModelLocator implements ModelLocator {

    @Deprecated
    @Override
    public File locatePom(File projectDirectory) {
        Path path = locatePom(projectDirectory != null ? projectDirectory.toPath() : null);
        return path != null ? path.toFile() : null;
    }

    @Override
    public Path locatePom(Path projectDirectory) {

        val classGraph = classGraph()

        val jarUri = URI.create("jar:${jarFile.toPath().toUri()}")
        FileSystems.newFileSystem(jarUri, emptyMap<String, Any>()).use { jarFileSystem ->
            jarFileSystem.rootDirectories.forEach {
                visitClassDirectory(it, classGraph, classesDir, manifestFile.toPath(), buildReceipt.toPath())
            }
        }
        return classGraph
    }

    private

            File remoteFile = new File(remoteRepo.getBasedir(), remoteRepo.pathOf(artifact));

            Files.createDirectories(localFile.toPath().getParent());
            Files.copy(remoteFile.toPath(), localFile.toPath());
        }

        artifact.setResolved(true);
    }

    @Override
    public void retrieve(
            ArtifactRepository repository,

    }

    public void merge(File current, File result) throws RepositoryException {
        try {
            if (current.exists()) {
                Files.createDirectories(result.toPath().getParent());
                Files.copy(current.toPath(), result.toPath());
            }
            ArtifactRepository localRepo = new MetadataRepository(result);
            metadata.storeInLocalRepository(localRepo, localRepo);
            merged = true;

    }

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    public Path getPomPath() {
        return nonNull(project.getFile(), "pomPath").toPath();
    }

    @Override
    public Path getBasedir() {
        return nonNull(project.getBasedir(), "basedir").toPath();
    }

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    public List<DependencyCoordinates> getDependencies() {

        PersistedToolchains toolchains = null;

        if (userToolchainsFile != null && userToolchainsFile.isFile()) {
            try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(userToolchainsFile.toPath())) {
                toolchains = new PersistedToolchains(new MavenToolchainsStaxReader().read(in));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new MisconfiguredToolchainException(