*/
@Experimental
public interface Source {

    /**
     * Provides access the file to be parsed, if this source is backed by a file.
     *
     * @return the underlying {@code Path}, or {@code null} if this source is not backed by a file
     */
    @Nullable
    Path getPath();

    /**
     * Creates a new byte stream to the source contents.

 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.building;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Provides access to the contents of a source independently of the backing store (e.g. file system, database, memory).
 *
 */
public interface Source {

    /**
     * Gets a byte stream to the source contents. Closing the returned stream is the responsibility of the caller.
     *