* 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
     * repositories and their contents.
     *

     * 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
     * repositories and their contents.
     *

 * is meant for exclusive consumption by the model builder and is opaque to the cache implementation. The cache key is
 * formed by a combination of group id, artifact id, version and tag. The first three components generally refer to the
 * identity of a model. The tag allows for further classification of the associated data on the sole discretion of the
 * model builder.
 *
 */
public interface ModelCache {

                    "Cannot read metadata from '" + mappingFile + "': " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Ensures the last updated timestamp of the specified metadata does not refer to the future and fixes the local
     * metadata if necessary to allow proper merging/updating of metadata during deployment.
     */
    private void fixTimestamp(File metadataFile, Metadata metadata, Metadata reference) {