// Message below is checked for in the MNG-2199 core IT.
                throw new ModelResolverException(
                        String.format(
                                "The requested parent version range '%s' does not specify an upper bound",
                                parent.getVersion()),
                        parent.getGroupId(),
                        parent.getArtifactId(),

                () -> rtInfo.isMavenVersion("[3.0,"),
                "Bad version range wasn't rejected");

        assertThrows(
                IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> rtInfo.isMavenVersion(""), "Bad version range wasn't rejected");

        assertThrows(
                NullPointerException.class, () -> rtInfo.isMavenVersion(null), "Bad version range wasn't rejected");
    }

                    }
                }
            };
        } catch (VersionRangeResolutionException e) {
            throw new VersionRangeResolverException("Unable to resolve version range", e);
        }
    }

                        } else {
                            result = -1;
                        }
                    }
                    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()));
                    }

    /**
     * Expands a version range to a list of matching versions, in ascending order.
     * 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.

        return delegate.parseVersion(version);
    }

    @Override
    public VersionRange parseVersionRange(String range) throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        return delegate.parseVersionRange(range);
    }

    @Override
    public VersionConstraint parseVersionConstraint(String constraint) throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {

     * supports version ranges and updates the given {@code parent} instance to match the returned {@code ModelSource}.
     * If {@code parent} declares a version range, the version corresponding to the returned {@code ModelSource} will
     * be set on the given {@code parent}.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param parent The parent coordinates to resolve, must not be {@code null}.
     *

     *     <li>"e(G:A:V)" - predicate filter (leaves out G:A:V from range, if hit, V can be range)</li>
     * </ul>
     * Example filter expression: {@code "h(5);s;e(org.foo:bar:1)} will cause: ranges are filtered for "top 5" (instead
     * full range), snapshots are banned if root project is not a snapshot, and if range for {@code org.foo:bar} is
     * being processed, version 1 is omitted.
     *
     * @since 4.0.0

    Version parseVersion(@Nonnull String version);

    /**
     * Parses the specified version range specification, for example "[1.0,2.0)".
     *
     * @param range the range specification to parse, must not be {@code null}
     * @return the parsed version range, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the range specification violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     */
    @Nonnull

    }

    private static boolean isInRange(String value, List<RangeValue> range) {
        int leftRelation = getRelationOrder(value, range.get(0), true);

        if (leftRelation == 0) {
            return true;
        }

        if (leftRelation < 0) {
            return false;
        }

        return getRelationOrder(value, range.get(1), false) <= 0;
    }