// Just returning an Integer with the index here is faster, but requires a lot of if/then/else to check for
            // -1
            //  or QUALIFIERS.size and then resort to lexical ordering. Most comparisons are decided by the first
            // character,
            // so this is still fast. If more characters are needed then it requires a lexical sort anyway.

        if (lowerBound != null) {
            int comparison = lowerBound.compareTo(version);

            if ((comparison == 0) && !lowerBoundInclusive) {
                return false;
            }
            if (comparison > 0) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        if (upperBound != null) {
            int comparison = upperBound.compareTo(version);

Display parameters as parsed by Maven (in canonical form) and comparison result:
1. 3.2.4-alpha-1 == 3.2.4.alpha.1
   3.2.4-alpha-1 < 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT
2. 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT == 3.2.4.snapshot
   3.2.4-SNAPSHOT < 3.2.4.0
3. 3.2.4.0 == 3.2.4
+----+

* Useful entry points

 * artifact version comparison {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/artifact/versioning/ComparableVersion.html}javadoc}},

                    } else {
                        int comparison = res1.getLowerBound().compareTo(res2.getLowerBound());
                        if (comparison < 0) {
                            lower = res2.getLowerBound();
                            lowerInclusive = res2.isLowerBoundInclusive();
                        } else if (comparison == 0) {
                            lower = res1.getLowerBound();

        </field>
      </fields>
      <codeSegments>
        <codeSegment>
          <version>1.2.0+</version>
          <comment>Generated hashCode() and equals() based on identifier also calls its super, which breaks comparison
          </comment>
          <code>
            <![CDATA[
    /**
     * Computes a hash value based on {@link #getType()} and {@link #getProvides()} values.
     */
    public int hashCode() {

        boolean olderThanAll = true;
        for (String validValue : validVersions) {
            final int comparison = compareModelVersions(validValue, string);
            newerThanAll = newerThanAll && comparison < 0;
            olderThanAll = olderThanAll && comparison > 0;
        }

        if (newerThanAll) {
            addViolation(
                    problems,

 *
 */
@Deprecated
public class MetadataGraphVertex implements Comparable<MetadataGraphVertex> {
    ArtifactMetadata md;

    // indications to use these in comparison
    private boolean compareVersion = false;
    private boolean compareScope = false;

    public MetadataGraphVertex(ArtifactMetadata md) {
        super();
        this.md = md;
    }

                            result = -1;
                        }
                    }
                    if (result == 0) {
                        // We don't consider the version range in the comparison, just the resolved version
                        result = new DefaultArtifactVersion(version)
                                .compareTo(new DefaultArtifactVersion(a.getVersion()));
                    }
                }