// 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
            // displayed to the user, so just bail out and return false.
        }
        return false;
    }

                try {
                    rootDirectory = request.getSession().getRootDirectory();
                } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                    // if no root directory, bail out
                    return;
                }
                List<Path> toLoad = new ArrayList<>();
                Path root = defaultModelBuilder.getModelProcessor().locateExistingPom(rootDirectory);