* {@linkplain org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParser} service.
 *
 * @see Version
 * @see VersionConstraint
 * @see org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParser#parseVersionRange(String)
 * @see org.apache.maven.api.Session#parseVersionRange(String)
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface VersionRange {
    /**
     * Determines whether the specified version is contained within this range.
     *

        try {
            return versionParser.parseVersionRange(range);
        } catch (VersionParserException e) {
            throw new AssertionError(range + " should be valid but failed to parse due to: " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    private void parseInvalid(String range) {
        try {
            versionParser.parseVersionRange(range);
            fail(range + " should be invalid");

    @Override
    public Version parseVersion(String version) {
        requireNonNull(version, "version");
        return new DefaultVersion(versionScheme, version);
    }

    @Override
    public VersionRange parseVersionRange(String range) {
        requireNonNull(range, "range");
        return new DefaultVersionRange(versionScheme, range);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSnapshot(String version) {

     * @return the parsed version range, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the range specification violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     */
    @Nonnull
    VersionRange parseVersionRange(@Nonnull String range);

    /**
     * Parses the specified version constraint specification, for example "1.0" or "[1.0,2.0)".
     *