return null;
        } else if (file.isAbsolute()) {
            return file;
        } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
            // drive-relative Windows path
            return file.getAbsoluteFile();
        } else {
            return Paths.get(baseDirectory, file.getPath()).normalize().toFile();
        }
    }

                            public Optional<Path> getPath(org.apache.maven.api.Artifact artifact) {
                                Path path = paths.get(artifact.key());
                                if (path == null && artifact instanceof DefaultArtifact defaultArtifact) {
                                    path = defaultArtifact.getArtifact().getPath();
                                }

        HandleInfo info1 = manager.getHandleByGuid(guid1);
        HandleInfo info2 = manager.getHandleByGuid(guid2);

        assertNotNull(info1);
        assertNotNull(info2);
        assertNotEquals(info1.getPath(), info2.getPath());
        assertNotEquals(info1.getType(), info2.getType());
    }

            // Test with mock
            when(mockReferralData.getPath()).thenReturn(path);
            assertEquals(path, mockReferralData.getPath());
            verify(mockReferralData, times(1)).getPath();

            // Test with concrete implementation
            String concretePath = concreteImplementation.getPath();
            // Should be path based on our initialization

            return str.substring(0, i + 1);
        }

        return "smb://";
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see jcifs.SmbResourceLocator#getPath()
     */

    @Override
    public String getPath() {
        return this.url.toString();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see jcifs.SmbResourceLocator#getCanonicalURL()
     */
    @Override

        System.out.println("serving docs at http://localhost:" + getPort().get());
        DeploymentRegistry registry = getDeploymentRegistry();
        JavaApplicationHandle handle = registry.get(getPath(), JavaApplicationHandle.class);
        if (handle == null) {
            JavaExecHandleBuilder builder = getExecActionFactory().newJavaExec();

            } 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();
            }

    @Inject
    public DefaultArtifactManager(@Nonnull InternalMavenSession session) {
        this.session = session;
    }

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    public Optional<Path> getPath(@Nonnull Artifact artifact) {
        String id = id(requireNonNull(artifact, "artifact cannot be null"));
        if (session.getMavenSession().getAllProjects() != null) {

                    syncContext.acquire(null, Collections.singleton(metadata));

                    if (metadata.getPath() != null && Files.exists(metadata.getPath())) {
                        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(metadata.getPath())) {
                            versioning = new Versioning(
                                    new MetadataStaxReader().read(in, false).getVersioning());

/**
 * An XML writer request.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 * @param <T> the object type to read
 */
@Experimental
public interface XmlWriterRequest<T> {

    @Nullable
    Path getPath();

    @Nullable
    OutputStream getOutputStream();

    @Nullable
    Writer getWriter();

    @Nonnull
    T getContent();

    @Nullable