code: public boolean foundPomXml(final File directory, final int depth) {
  		LOG.debug("Directory: {}", directory);
  		if (depth == -1 || directory == null || !directory.isDirectory()) {
  			return false;
  		} else {
  			File[] pomFiles = directory.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
  				@Override
  				public boolean accept(final File pathname) {
  					return "pom.xml".equals(pathname.getName());
  				}
  			});
  			if (pomFiles.length == 1) {
  				pathToPomXml = pomFiles[0];
  				return true;
  			} else {
  				return foundPomXml(directory.getParentFile(), depth - 1);
  			}
  		}
  	}
docs: Tries to find the pom recursively by going up in the directory tree.
  
  @param directory The start folder where to search
  @param depth how many times should we try to go up to find the pom?
  @return a boolean denoting if the pom was found / side effect setting the pom file