//
        // The request has not set any local or remote repositories as the system scoped dependency being resolved
        // should only
        // give us the dependency off the disk and nothing more.
        //
        request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest()
                .setArtifact(artifact)
                .setResolveRoot(true)
                .setResolveTransitively(true);

            Reader delegate = null;

            @Override
            public int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
                if (delegate == null) {
                    delegate = transform(original);
                }
                return delegate.read(cbuf, off, len);
            }

            @Override
            public void close() throws IOException {