VersionRange range = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec("[1.0,1.2]");
        assertSame(range, VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec("[1.0,1.2]")); // same instance from spec cache

        VersionRange spec = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec("1.0");
        assertSame(spec, VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec("1.0")); // same instance from spec cache

        if (d.getVersion() == null) {
            return null;
        }

        VersionRange versionRange;
        try {
            versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(d.getVersion());
        } catch (InvalidVersionSpecificationException e) {
            return null;
        }

        Artifact artifact = createDependencyArtifactX(
                d.getGroupId(),

    }

    public Artifact createDependencyArtifact(Dependency d) {
        VersionRange versionRange;
        try {
            versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(d.getVersion());
        } catch (InvalidVersionSpecificationException e) {
            // MNG-5368: Log a message instead of returning 'null' silently.
            this.logger.error(
                    String.format(

        try {
            String version = plugin.getVersion();
            if (version == null || version.isEmpty()) {
                version = "RELEASE";
            }
            versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(version);
        } catch (InvalidVersionSpecificationException e) {
            return null;
        }

            String id, String version, String scope, String inheritedScope, boolean optional)
            throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        VersionRange versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(version);
        Artifact artifact = artifactFactory.createDependencyArtifact(
                GROUP_ID, id, versionRange, "jar", null, scope, inheritedScope, optional);
        ArtifactSpec spec = null;

     * @return a new {@link VersionRange} object that represents the spec
     * @throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException if invalid version specification
     */
    public static VersionRange createFromVersionSpec(String spec) throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        if (spec == null) {
            return null;
        }

        VersionRange cached = CACHE_SPEC.get(spec);
        if (cached != null) {

        if (effectiveScope == null) {
            return null;
        }

        VersionRange versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(dependency.getVersion());

        Artifact dependencyArtifact = factory.createDependencyArtifact(
                dependency.getGroupId(),
                dependency.getArtifactId(),
                versionRange,