* For example, resolves "[3.8,4.0)" to "3.8", "3.8.1", "3.8.2".
     * The returned list of versions is only dependent on the configured repositories and their contents.
     * The supplied request may also refer to a single concrete version rather than a version range.
     * In this case though, the result contains simply the (parsed) input version, regardless of the

true generate-sources org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit.CMojo java per-lookup once-per-session models java.lang.String[] false true version java.lang.String false true ${version} xpp3-writer Does nothing. false true false false false true generate-sources org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit.BMojo java per-lookup once-per-session models java.lang.String[] false true version java.lang.String false true ${version} org.apache.maven maven-plugin-api jar 2.0 org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/AMojo.class package ...

        return artifactFactory.createParentArtifact(groupId, artifactId, version);
    }

    public Artifact createPluginArtifact(Plugin plugin) {
        String version = plugin.getVersion();
        if (version == null || version.isEmpty()) {
            version = "RELEASE";
        }

        VersionRange versionRange;
        try {
            versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(version);

    private ArtifactSpec createArtifactSpec(String id, String version) throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        return createArtifactSpec(id, version, Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE);
    }

    private ArtifactSpec createArtifactSpec(String id, String version, boolean optional)
            throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        return createArtifactSpec(id, version, Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE, null, optional);
    }

                .map(MojoExecution::getPlugin)
                .filter(p -> p.getLocation("version") != null
                        && p.getLocation("version").getSource() != null
                        && defaulModelId.equals(
                                p.getLocation("version").getSource().getModelId()))
                .distinct()

        <version>${project.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
      </dependency>

        <version>${project.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
      </dependency>

import org.apache.maven.plugin.prefix.PluginPrefixResult;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionRequest;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionRequest;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionResolutionException;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionResolver;
import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;

    private static final String CHECK_VERSION_RECOMMENDATION = "check version recommended";

    private static final String CHECK_SELECTED_VERSION_KNOWN = "check selected version known";

    private static final String CHECK_SELECTED_VERSION = "check selected version";

    @Test
    void testRange() throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException, OverConstrainedVersionException {

        newComparable("0-x");
        newComparable("0.rc");
        newComparable("0-1");

        ComparableVersion version = new ComparableVersion("0.x");
        assertEquals("x", version.getCanonical());
        ComparableVersion version2 = new ComparableVersion("0.2");
        assertEquals("0.2", version2.getCanonical());
    }

    /**
     * Test <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5568">MNG-5568</a> edge case