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19  package org.apache.maven.model.building;
20  
21  import org.apache.maven.building.Source;
22  
23  /**
24   * Provides access to the contents of a POM independently of the backing store (e.g. file system, database, memory).
25   * <p>
26   * This interface does not support loading of parent POM(s) from the same backing store, integrators are strongly
27   * encouraged to implement {@link ModelSource2} instead of implementing this interface directly.
28   *
29   * @author Benjamin Bentmann
30   * @see ModelSource2
31   * @deprecated instead use {@link Source}
32   */
33  @Deprecated
34  public interface ModelSource extends Source {}