docs: public InputStream getInputStream()
          throws IOException
      {
          try
          {
              Metadata metadata = store.getMetadata( path );
              MetadataXpp3Writer writer = new MetadataXpp3Writer();
              StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
              writer.write( stringWriter, metadata );
              return new ByteArrayInputStream( stringWriter.toString().getBytes() );
          }
          catch ( MetadataNotFoundException e )
          {
              return null;
          }
      }