* @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.
     *

    /**
     * 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.

     *
     * @param request The request that holds the details about the plugin and the repositories to consult, must not be
     *            {@code null}.
     * @return The result of the prefix resolution, never {@code null}.
     * @throws NoPluginFoundForPrefixException If the plugin prefix could not be resolved.
     */
    PluginPrefixResult resolve(PluginPrefixRequest request) throws NoPluginFoundForPrefixException;