public class DefaultModelLocator implements ModelLocator {

    @Deprecated
    @Override
    public File locatePom(File projectDirectory) {
        Path path = locatePom(projectDirectory != null ? projectDirectory.toPath() : null);
        return path != null ? path.toFile() : null;
    }

    @Override
    public Path locatePom(Path projectDirectory) {

    }

    @Deprecated
    @Override
    public File locatePom(File projectDirectory) {
        return locatePom(projectDirectory.toPath()).toFile();
    }

    @Override
    public Path locatePom(Path projectDirectory) {
        // Note that the ModelProcessor#locatePom never returns null
        // while the ModelParser#locatePom needs to return an existing path!
        Path pom = modelParsers.stream()

     *            null}.
     * @return The path to the (possibly non-existent) POM file, never {@code null}.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #locatePom(Path)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    File locatePom(File projectDirectory);

    /**
     * Locates the POM file within the specified project directory. In case the given project directory does not exist