* @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    MetadataResolutionRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository);

    /**
     * Gets the remote repositories to use for the resolution.
     *
     * @return The remote repositories to use for the resolution, never {@code null}.
     */
    List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories();

    /**

     *
     * @return The transitive dependencies, never {@code null}.
     */
    List<Dependency> getDependencies();

    /**
     * Gets the dependencies that were successfully resolved.
     *
     * @return The resolved dependencies, never {@code null}.
     */
    List<Dependency> getResolvedDependencies();

    /**

     * @param request The project building request that holds further parameters, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the project building, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ProjectBuildingException If the project descriptor could not be successfully built.
     */

     * @return the result of the settings building, never {@code null}
     * @throws SettingsBuilderException if the effective settings could not be built
     */
    @Nonnull
    SettingsBuilderResult build(@Nonnull SettingsBuilderRequest request);

    /**
     * Builds the effective settings of the specified settings sources.
     *
     * @return the result of the settings building, never {@code null}

     * @return a {@code Source} pointing to the located pom or an empty {@code Optional} if none was found by this parser
     */
    @Nonnull
    Optional<Source> locate(@Nonnull Path dir);

    /**
     * Parse the model obtained previously by a previous call to {@link #locate(Path)}.
     *
     * @param source the source to parse, never {@code null}

    /**
     * Sets the project to resolve dependencies for.
     *
     * @param project The project to resolve dependencies for, may be {@code null}.
     * @return This request for chaining, never {@code null}.
     */
    DependencyResolutionRequest setMavenProject(MavenProject project);

    /**
     * Gets the filter used to exclude some dependencies from resolution.
     *

abstract boolean matchesSafely(T item) Subclasses should implement this. The item will already have been checked for the specific type and will never be null. describeMismatchSafe protected void describeMismatchSafe(T item, Description mismatchDescription) Subclasses should override this. The item will already have been checked for the specific type and will never be null. matches public final boolean matches(java.lang.Object item) Methods made final to prevent accidental override. If you need to override...

    /**
     * Creates a user-friendly source hint for the specified model.
     *
     * @param model The model to create a source hint for, may be {@code null}.
     * @return The user-friendly source hint, never {@code null}.
     */
    static String toSourceHint(Model model) {
        if (model == null) {
            return "";
        }
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(128);

    private final Map<Path, Model> modelsByPath = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();

    /**
     * Get the model by its GAV or (since 4.0.0) by its GA if there is only one.
     *
     * @param groupId never {@code null}
     * @param artifactId never {@code null}
     * @param version can be {@code null}
     * @return the matching model or {@code null}

    Path getPath();

    /**
     * Creates a new byte stream to the source contents.
     * Closing the returned stream is the responsibility of the caller.
     *
     * @return a byte stream to the source contents, never {@code null}
     * @throws IOException in case of IO issue
     */
    @Nonnull
    InputStream openStream() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Provides a user-friendly hint about the location of the source.