*/
    @Nullable
    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;

    /**

 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface PathType {
    /**
     * The type for all paths that could not be placed in any of the types requested by a caller.
     * This type can appear in the return value of a call to
     * {@link Session#resolveDependencies resolveDependencies(...)} when at least one dependency

     * @param cache cache of module information about each dependency
     * @throws IOException if an error occurred while reading module information
     *
     * TODO: this is currently not called
     */
    void addOutputDirectory(Path main, Path test, PathModularizationCache cache) throws IOException {
        if (outputModules != null) {

         * processes one artifact at a time and hence cannot associate the artifacts from the same project to use the
         * same version index. Allowing the caller to pass in metadata from a previous deployment allows to re-establish
         * the association between the artifacts of the same project.
         */

     * @param cache cache of module information about each dependency
     * @throws IOException if an error occurred while reading module information
     *
     * TODO: this is currently not called
     */
    void addOutputDirectory(Path main, Path test, PathModularizationCache cache) throws IOException {
        if (outputModules != null) {