001package org.apache.maven.model.building;
002
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021
022import org.apache.maven.building.Source;
023
024/**
025 * Provides access to the contents of a POM independently of the backing store (e.g. file system, database, memory).
026 * <p>
027 * This interface does not support loading of parent POM(s) from the same backing store, integrators are strongly
028 * encouraged to implement {@link ModelSource2} instead of implementing this interface directly.
029 *
030 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
031 * @see ModelSource2
032 * @deprecated instead use {@link Source}
033 */
034@Deprecated
035public interface ModelSource extends Source
036{
037
038}