* processes one artifact at a time and hence cannot associate the artifacts from the same project to use the
         * same timestamp+buildno for the snapshot versions. Allowing the caller to pass in metadata from a previous
         * deployment allows to re-establish the association between the artifacts of the same project.
         */
        for (Metadata metadata : request.getMetadata()) {

    protected File getLocalRepositoryPath() throws FileNotFoundException, URISyntaxException {
        File markerFile = getFileForClasspathResource("local-repo/marker.txt");

        return markerFile.getAbsoluteFile().getParentFile();
    }

    protected static File getFileForClasspathResource(String resource)
            throws FileNotFoundException, URISyntaxException {

     */
    @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;

    /**

    /**
     * Puts the specified data into the cache. <strong>Warning:</strong> The cache will directly save the provided
     * reference. If the cached data is mutable, i.e. could be modified after being put into the cache, the caller is
     * responsible for creating a copy of the original data and store the copy in the cache.
     *
     * @param request The repository request from which this cache was retrieved, must not be {@code null}.

 *
 */
public interface Source {

    /**
     * Gets a 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
     */
    InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;

    /**

 * prior notice.
 *
 */
public interface PluginArtifactsCache {

    /**
     * A cache key.
     */
    interface Key {
        // marker interface for cache keys
    }

    /**
     * CacheRecord
     */
    class CacheRecord {

        private final List<Artifact> artifacts;

        public List<Artifact> getArtifacts() {

 * prior notice.
 *
 */
public interface ProjectArtifactsCache {

    /**
     * A cache key.
     */
    interface Key {
        // marker interface for cache keys
    }

    interface ArtifactsSetWithResult extends Set<Artifact> {
        DependencyResolutionResult getResult();
    }

    /**
     * CacheRecord
     */

     * from any repository but are present among the set of specified projects will not cause an exception. Instead,
     * those unresolved artifacts will be returned in the result set, allowing the caller to take special care of
     * artifacts that haven't been build yet.
     *
     * @param projects The projects whose dependencies should be resolved, may be {@code null}.

 *
 * @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

 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.api;

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.ThreadSafe;

/**
 * Marker interface for all services provided by the {@link Session}.
 * <p>
 * Services can be retrieved from the session using the
 * {@link Session#getService(Class)} method.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 * @see Session#getService(Class)