ArtifactVersion lowerVersion = null;
            if (!lowerBound.isEmpty()) {
                lowerVersion = new DefaultArtifactVersion(lowerBound);
            }
            ArtifactVersion upperVersion = null;
            if (!upperBound.isEmpty()) {
                upperVersion = new DefaultArtifactVersion(upperBound);
            }

            if (upperVersion != null && lowerVersion != null) {

                    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()));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    @Override