* Creates and returns a new instance of {@link WeakHashMap}.
     *
     * @param <K> the key type of {@link WeakHashMap}
     * @param <V> the value type of {@link WeakHashMap}
     * @return a new instance of {@link WeakHashMap}
     * @see WeakHashMap#WeakHashMap()
     */
    public static <K, V> WeakHashMap<K, V> newWeakHashMap() {
        return new WeakHashMap<>();
    }

    /**

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;

import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact;

/**
 * Construct a version range from a specification.
 *
 */
public class VersionRange {
    private static final Map<String, VersionRange> CACHE_SPEC = Collections.synchronizedMap(new WeakHashMap<>());

 * be quickly garbage-collected before they are ever accessed.
 *
 * <p>{@code new MapMaker().weakKeys().makeMap()} is a recommended replacement for {@link
 * java.util.WeakHashMap}, but note that it compares keys using object identity whereas {@code
 * WeakHashMap} uses {@link Object#equals}.
 *
 * @author Bob Lee
 * @author Charles Fry
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtCompatible