* or {@code Optional.empty()} if no path has been associated.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Optional<Path> getPath(@Nonnull Artifact artifact);

    /**
     * Associates the given file path to the artifact.
     */
    void setPath(@Nonnull Artifact artifact, Path path);

            } else if (path.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
                // drive-relative Windows path, don't align with base dir but with drive root
                result = path.getAbsoluteFile();
            } else {
                // an ordinary relative path, align with base dir
                result = new File(new File(basedir, path.getPath()).toURI().normalize()).getAbsoluteFile();
            }

        InternalSession s = InternalSession.from(session);
        String path = getManager(s, local).getPathForLocalArtifact(s.toArtifact(artifact));
        return local.getPath().resolve(path);
    }

    @Override
    public Path getPathForRemoteArtifact(
            Session session, LocalRepository local, RemoteRepository remote, Artifact artifact) {

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * An XML reader request.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface XmlReaderRequest {

    @Nullable
    Path getPath();

    @Nullable
    URL getURL();

    @Nullable
    InputStream getInputStream();

    @Nullable
    Reader getReader();

    @Nullable
    Transformer getTransformer();

        if (modelSource instanceof FileModelSource fms) {
            return ModelSource.fromPath(fms.getPath());
        } else if (modelSource instanceof ArtifactModelSource ams) {
            return ModelSource.fromPath(ams.getPath(), ams.toString());
        } else {
            return new ModelSource() {
                @Override

        if (artifact != null
                && "jar".equals(artifact.getExtension())
                && "".equals(artifact.getClassifier())
                && artifact.getPath() != null) {
            Path artifactPath = artifact.getPath();
            if (Files.isRegularFile(artifactPath)) {
                try (JarFile artifactJar = new JarFile(artifactPath.toFile(), false)) {

    @Override
    public PluginDescriptor read(@Nonnull XmlReaderRequest request) throws XmlReaderException {
        nonNull(request, "request");
        Path path = request.getPath();
        URL url = request.getURL();
        Reader reader = request.getReader();
        InputStream inputStream = request.getInputStream();
        if (path == null && url == null && reader == null && inputStream == null) {

        File f = new File(getBasedir(), path);

        f.createNewFile();

        return artifactRepositoryFactory.createArtifactRepository(
                "test", "file://" + f.getPath(), repoLayout, null, null);
    }

    protected String getRepositoryLayout() {
        return "default";
    }

    protected ArtifactRepository localRepository() throws Exception {

                return value.substring(2, value.length() - 1);
            }
            return value;
        };

        BeanConfigurationPathTranslator translator = path -> new File("base", path.getPath()).getAbsoluteFile();

        DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest request = new DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest();
        request.setBean(bean).setConfiguration(config);

        File file = new File(dir, filename);

        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();

        FileUtils.fileWrite(file.getPath(), encoding, contents);

        markForDeletion(file);

        return file;
    }

    public String getFileContents(File file, String encoding) throws IOException {