.setVersion(upperBound.getVersion().toString())
                            : null;

                    if (lowerArtifact != null && lowerArtifact.isSnapshot()
                            || upperArtifact != null && upperArtifact.isSnapshot()) {
                        wantedNature = Metadata.Nature.RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT;
                    } else {
                        wantedNature = Metadata.Nature.RELEASE;

    @Override
    public void setArtifactId(String artifactId) {
        artifact.setArtifactId(artifactId);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public boolean isSnapshot() {
        return artifact.isSnapshot();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public int compareTo(Artifact a) {
        return artifact.compareTo(a);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override

                    // if the POM didn't exist, retry if any repo is configured to always update
                    boolean snapshot = pomArtifact.isSnapshot();
                    for (ArtifactRepository repository : remoteRepositories) {
                        ArtifactRepositoryPolicy policy =
                                snapshot ? repository.getSnapshots() : repository.getReleases();

            ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataStoreException {
        // TODO this could be a lot nicer... should really be in the snapshot transformation?
        if (metadata.isSnapshot()) {
            Metadata prevMetadata = metadata.getMetadata();

            for (ArtifactRepository repository : previousMetadata.keySet()) {

        this.groupId = groupId;
    }

    @Override
    public void setArtifactId(String artifactId) {
        this.artifactId = artifactId;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSnapshot() {
        return getBaseVersion() != null
                && (getBaseVersion().endsWith(SNAPSHOT_VERSION)
                        || getBaseVersion().equals(LATEST_VERSION));
    }

    @Override

    /**
     * Checks whether a given artifact version is considered a {@code SNAPSHOT} or not.
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(ArtifactManager.class).isSnapshot(...)}.
     * <p>
     * In case there is {@link Artifact} in scope, the recommended way to perform this check is
     * use of {@link Artifact#isSnapshot()} instead.
     *
     * @param version artifact version

        ArtifactRepositoryPolicy policy = artifact.isSnapshot() ? repository.getSnapshots() : repository.getReleases();

        if (!policy.isEnabled()) {
            logger.debug(
                    "Skipping disabled repository " + repository.getId() + " for resolution of " + artifact.getId());

        } else if (artifact.isSnapshot() || !artifact.getFile().exists()) {

            if (artifact.isSnapshot()) {
                Matcher matcher = Artifact.VERSION_FILE_PATTERN.matcher(artifact.getVersion());
                if (matcher.matches()) {
                    Snapshot snapshot = new Snapshot();
                    snapshot.setTimestamp(matcher.group(2));
                    try {
                        snapshot.setBuildNumber(Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(3)));

        assertEquals("1.0-SNAPSHOT", target.getVersion());
    }
    /*--- END test common metadata ---*/

    /*--- START test "groupId/artifactId/version" metadata ---*/
    @Test
    void mergeSnapshotWithEmptyList() throws Exception {
        Snapshot snapshot = new Snapshot();
        snapshot.setBuildNumber(3);
        snapshot.setTimestamp("20200710.072412");

                }

                Snapshot s = v.getSnapshot();
                Snapshot snapshot = versioning.getSnapshot();
                if ( snapshot != null )
                {
                    boolean updateSnapshotVersions = false;
                    if ( s == null )
                    {
                        s = new Snapshot();
                        v.setSnapshot( s );