setBaseVersionInternal(baseVersion);
    }

    protected void setBaseVersionInternal(String baseVersion) {
        this.baseVersion = ArtifactUtils.toSnapshotVersion(baseVersion);
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Artifact a) {
        int result = groupId.compareTo(a.getGroupId());
        if (result == 0) {
            result = artifactId.compareTo(a.getArtifactId());

        String version = null;
        Snapshot snapshot = versioning.getSnapshot();
        if (snapshot != null) {
            if (snapshot.getTimestamp() != null && snapshot.getBuildNumber() > 0) {
                String newVersion = snapshot.getTimestamp() + "-" + snapshot.getBuildNumber();
                version = baseVersion.replace(Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION, newVersion);

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String getBaseVersion() {
        return artifact.getBaseVersion();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public void setBaseVersion(String baseVersion) {
        artifact.setBaseVersion(baseVersion);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String getId() {
        return artifact.getId();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String getDependencyConflictId() {

        // metadata is added via addPluginArtifactMetadata
    }

    protected String constructVersion(Versioning versioning, String baseVersion) {
        return versioning.getLatest();
    }

        }

        return new ArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact, versioning);
    }

    @Override
    protected String constructVersion(Versioning versioning, String baseVersion) {
        return versioning.getRelease();
    }

    String getClassifier();

    boolean hasClassifier();

    File getFile();

    void setFile(File destination);

    String getBaseVersion();

    void setBaseVersion(String baseVersion);

    String getId();

    String getDependencyConflictId();

    void addMetadata(ArtifactMetadata metadata);

    Collection<ArtifactMetadata> getMetadataList();

            }
        }
        return version;
    }

    protected abstract String constructVersion(Versioning versioning, String baseVersion);

import org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata;
import org.eclipse.aether.util.ConfigUtils;

/**
 * Maven GA level metadata generator.
 *
 * Version metadata contains list of existing baseVersions within this GA.
 *
 * @deprecated since 4.0.0, use {@code maven-api-impl} jar instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
class VersionsMetadataGenerator implements MetadataGenerator {