&& packagedArtifactFile.exists()
                && isPackagedArtifactUpToDate(project, packagedArtifactFile)) {
            return packagedArtifactFile;
        }

        // Get the matching artifact from the project
        Artifact projectArtifact = findMatchingArtifact(project, artifact);
        if (projectArtifact != null) {
            // If the artifact has been associated to a file, use it

  |   in as many languages as possible. (see MNG-3626)
  |
  | o annotation mechanism so that changes to the model can be accurately tracked.
  |
  | o need to clean up all the descriptions, matching anything to the current project-descriptor.xml file and
  |   improving on that
  |
  | o use enums where appropriate (eg dependency scope)
  |

     */
    @Nonnull
    Version resolveVersion(@Nonnull ArtifactCoordinate artifact);

    /**
     * Expands a version range to a list of matching versions, in ascending order.
     * 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.

        checkPluginVersions(lineage, request, problems);

        // inheritance assembly
        Model resultModel = assembleInheritance(lineage, request, problems);

        // consider caching inherited model

        problems.setSource(resultModel);
        problems.setRootModel(resultModel);

        // model interpolation
        resultModel = interpolateModel(resultModel, request, problems);

     *
     * @param groupId never {@code null}
     * @param artifactId never {@code null}
     * @param version can be {@code null}
     * @return the matching model or {@code null}
     * @throws IllegalStateException if version was null and multiple modules share the same groupId + artifactId
     */
    public Model get(String groupId, String artifactId, String version) {

                if (!containsModule(moduleName, cache)) {
                    /*
                     * Not patching an existing module. This case should be unusual. If it nevertheless
                     * happens, add on class-path or module-path if allowed, or keep patching otherwise.
                     * The latter case (keep patching) is okay if the main module will be defined later.
                     */

 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
@Consumer
public interface VersionRangeResolver extends Service {

    /**
     * Expands a version range to a list of matching versions, in ascending order.
     * 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.

                if (!containsModule(moduleName, cache)) {
                    /*
                     * Not patching an existing module. This case should be unusual. If it nevertheless
                     * happens, add on class-path or module-path if allowed, or keep patching otherwise.
                     * The latter case (keep patching) is okay if the main module will be defined later.
                     */