* ended up with a magic value that is not compatible with the type of the configured mojo parameter (a string
         * could still be converted by the configurator so we leave those alone). If so, back off to evaluating the
         * expression from properties only.
         */
        if (value != null && type != null && !(value instanceof String) && !isTypeCompatible(type, value)) {
            value = null;
        }

        return (o instanceof ComparableVersion) && items.equals(((ComparableVersion) o).items);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return items.hashCode();
    }

    // CHECKSTYLE_OFF: LineLength

    /**
     * Main to test version parsing and comparison.
     * <p>
     * To check how "1.2.7" compares to "1.2-SNAPSHOT", for example, you can issue

                currentStream.notifyAll();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) {
            final PrintStream currentStream = getOutputStreamForCurrentThread();
            synchronized (currentStream) {
                currentStream.write(b, off, len);
                currentStream.notifyAll();
            }
        }

        @Override

         * ended up with a magic value that is not compatible with the type of the configured mojo parameter (a string
         * could still be converted by the configurator so we leave those alone). If so, back off to evaluating the
         * expression from properties only.
         */
        if (value != null && type != null && !(value instanceof String) && !isTypeCompatible(type, value)) {
            value = null;
        }

            boolean firstRun = true;
            boolean retry = true;

            // this will run at most twice. The first time, the firstRun flag is turned off, and if the retry flag
            // is set on the first run, it will be turned off and not re-set on the second try. This is because the
            // only way the retry flag can be set is if ( firstRun == true ).
            while (firstRun || retry) {