/**
 * Generic interface to read/write objects to/from XML.
 *
 * @param <T> the object type to read/write
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface XmlFactory<T> extends Service {

    @Nonnull
    default T read(@Nonnull Path path) throws XmlReaderException {
        return read(path, true);
    }

    @Nonnull
    default T read(@Nonnull Path path, boolean strict) throws XmlReaderException {

        assertTrue(globalSettingsFile.isFile(), globalSettingsFile.getAbsolutePath());

        try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(globalSettingsFile.toPath())) {
            new SettingsStaxReader().read(is, true, new InputSource(globalSettingsFile.getAbsolutePath()));
        }
    }

     * objects from the parent.
     *
     * @param child The child model into which to merge the values inherited from the parent, must not be
     *            <code>null</code>.
     * @param parent The (read-only) parent model from which to inherit the values, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.

     * @return The deserialized model, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the model could not be deserialized.
     * @throws XmlReaderException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Model read(XmlReaderRequest request) throws IOException, XmlReaderException;

        }
        return result;
    }

    private static DependencyResolverException cannotReadModuleInfo(final Path path, final IOException cause) {
        return new DependencyResolverException("Cannot read module information of " + path, cause);
    }

            if (inputStream != null) {
                return xml.read(inputStream, request.isStrict(), source);
            } else if (reader != null) {
                return xml.read(reader, request.isStrict(), source);
            } else if (path != null) {
                try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
                    return xml.read(is, request.isStrict(), source);
                }
            } else {

            if (inputStream != null) {
                return xml.read(inputStream, request.isStrict(), source);
            } else if (reader != null) {
                return xml.read(reader, request.isStrict(), source);
            } else if (path != null) {
                try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
                    return xml.read(is, request.isStrict(), source);
                }
            } else {

            if (reader != null) {
                return xml.read(reader, request.isStrict());
            } else {
                return xml.read(inputStream, request.isStrict());
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new XmlReaderException("Unable to read toolchains", e);
        }
    }

    @Override

            if (reader != null) {
                return xml.read(reader, request.isStrict());
            } else {
                return xml.read(inputStream, request.isStrict());
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new XmlReaderException("Unable to read toolchains: " + getMessage(e), getLocation(e), e);
        }
    }

    @Override

     * @return The deserialized metadata, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the metadata could not be deserialized.
     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Metadata read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.