*
     * @param val the integer value to convert to hexadecimal characters
     * @param dst the destination character array to write the hex digits into
     * @param dstIndex the starting index in the destination array
     * @param size the number of hex digits to write (will be left-padded with zeros)
     */
    public static void toHexChars(int val, final char dst[], final int dstIndex, int size) {

   */
  static BigInteger randomNonNegativeBigInteger(int numBits) {
    int digits = RANDOM_SOURCE.nextInt(numBits);
    if (digits == 0) {
      return new BigInteger(1, RANDOM_SOURCE);
    } else {
      return new BigInteger(digits, RANDOM_SOURCE).setBit(digits);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Equivalent to calling randomPositiveBigInteger(numBits) and then flipping the sign with 50%

      throw new NumberFormatException();
    }
    int octet = 0;
    for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
      octet *= 10;
      int digit = Character.digit(ipString.charAt(i), 10);
      if (digit < 0) {
        throw new NumberFormatException();
      }
      octet += digit;
    }
    if (octet > 255) {
      throw new NumberFormatException();
    }
    return (byte) octet;
  }

   */
  static BigInteger randomNonNegativeBigInteger(int numBits) {
    int digits = RANDOM_SOURCE.nextInt(numBits);
    if (digits == 0) {
      return new BigInteger(1, RANDOM_SOURCE);
    } else {
      return new BigInteger(digits, RANDOM_SOURCE).setBit(digits);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Equivalent to calling randomPositiveBigInteger(numBits) and then flipping the sign with 50%

     *
     * @param val the integer value to convert to hexadecimal characters
     * @param dst the destination character array to write the hex digits into
     * @param dstIndex the starting index in the destination array
     * @param size the number of hex digits to write (will be left-padded with zeros)
     */
    public static void toHexChars(int val, final char dst[], final int dstIndex, int size) {

      throw new NumberFormatException();
    }
    int octet = 0;
    for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
      octet *= 10;
      int digit = Character.digit(ipString.charAt(i), 10);
      if (digit < 0) {
        throw new NumberFormatException();
      }
      octet += digit;
    }
    if (octet > 255) {
      throw new NumberFormatException();
    }
    return (byte) octet;
  }

    /**
     * Convert hexadecimal characters to binary integer
     *
     * @param arr the character array containing hex digits
     * @param offset the starting position in the array
     * @param length the number of hex digits to convert
     * @return the integer value of the hex digits
     */
    public static int hex_to_bin(final char[] arr, final int offset, final int length) {
        int value = 0;

 *
 * This matches IPv6 addresses as a hex string containing at least one colon, and possibly
 * including dots after the first colon. It matches IPv4 addresses as strings containing only
 * decimal digits and dots. This pattern matches strings like "a:.23" and "54" that are neither IP
 * addresses nor hostnames; they will be verified as IP addresses (which is a more strict
 * verification).
 */

     */
    @Test
    void testMng6572() {
        String a = "20190126.230843"; // resembles a SNAPSHOT
        String b = "1234567890.12345"; // 10 digit number
        String c = "123456789012345.1H.5-beta"; // 15 digit number
        String d = "12345678901234567890.1H.5-beta"; // 20 digit number

        checkVersionsOrder(a, b);
        checkVersionsOrder(b, c);
        checkVersionsOrder(a, c);
        checkVersionsOrder(c, d);

 * <ul>
 * <li>Mixing of '<code>-</code>' (hyphen) and '<code>.</code>' (dot) separators,</li>
 * <li>Transition between characters and digits also constitutes a separator:
 *     <code>1.0alpha1 =&gt; [1, [alpha, 1]]</code></li>
 * <li>Unlimited number of version components,</li>
 * <li>Version components in the text can be digits or strings,</li>
 * <li>Strings are checked for well-known qualifiers, and the qualifier ordering is used for version ordering.