Path rootDirectory = basedir;
        while (rootDirectory != null && !isRootDirectory(rootDirectory)) {
            rootDirectory = rootDirectory.getParent();
        }
        return rootDirectory;
    }

    @Nonnull
    default String getNoRootMessage() {
        return UNABLE_TO_FIND_ROOT_PROJECT_MESSAGE;
    }

    boolean isRootDirectory(Path dir);

import com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory;
import org.apache.maven.api.di.Named;
import org.apache.maven.api.services.model.*;

@Named
public class DefaultRootLocator implements RootLocator {

    public boolean isRootDirectory(Path dir) {
        if (Files.isDirectory(dir.resolve(".mvn"))) {
            return true;
        }
        // we're too early to use the modelProcessor ...
        Path pom = dir.resolve("pom.xml");