public Metadata read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input cannot be null");

        return read(Files.newInputStream(input.toPath()), options);
    }

    public Metadata read(Reader input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input cannot be null");

        try (Reader in = input) {

    @Override
    public Model read(Reader input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input cannot be null");

        try (Reader in = input) {
            return read(in, null, options);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Model read(InputStream input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input cannot be null");

     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Metadata read(Reader input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *
     * @param input The stream to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.

public class DefaultSettingsReader implements SettingsReader {

    @Override
    public Settings read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input cannot be null");

        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(input.toPath())) {
            InputSource source = new InputSource(input.toString());
            return new Settings(new SettingsStaxReader().read(in, isStrict(options), source));

     * @throws SettingsParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Settings read(Reader input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, SettingsParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the settings from the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *
     * @param input The stream to deserialize the settings from, must not be {@code null}.

@Named
@Singleton
public class DefaultToolchainsReader implements ToolchainsReader {

    @Override
    public PersistedToolchains read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input cannot be null");

        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(input.toPath())) {
            return new PersistedToolchains(new MavenToolchainsStaxReader().read(in, isStrict(options)));

     * @throws ToolchainsParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    PersistedToolchains read(Reader input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, ToolchainsParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the toolchains from the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *

     * @throws ModelParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Model read(Path input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, ModelParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the model from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *
     * @param input The reader to deserialize the model from, must not be {@code null}.

     * platform-specific file separator if a base directory is given. Otherwise, the input path will be returned
     * unaltered.
     *
     * @param path The path to resolve, may be {@code null}.
     * @param basedir The base directory to resolve relative paths against, may be {@code null}.
     * @return The resolved path or {@code null} if the input path was {@code null}.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #alignToBaseDirectory(String, Path)} instead.

    /**
     * Calculates the effective repositories for the given input repositories which are assumed to be already mirrored
     * (if applicable). This process will essentially remove duplicate repositories by merging them into one equivalent
     * repository. It is worth to point out that merging does not simply choose one of the input repositories and
     * discards the others but actually combines their possibly different policies.