}

    private void checkVersionsArrayEqual(String[] array) {
        // compare against each other (including itself)
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i)
            for (int j = i; j < array.length; ++j) checkVersionsEqual(array[i], array[j]);
    }

    private void checkVersionsOrder(String v1, String v2) {
        Comparable c1 = newComparable(v1);

        final int strLen = str != null ? str.length() : 0;
        if (strLen > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
                if (!Character.isWhitespace(str.charAt(i))) {
                    return;
                }
            }
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(message);
    }

                int lastIndex = expr.indexOf('}', index);
                if (lastIndex >= 0) {
                    String retVal = expr.substring(0, index);

                    if ((index > 0) && (expr.charAt(index - 1) == '$')) {
                        retVal += expr.substring(index + 1, lastIndex + 1);
                    } else {
                        Object subResult = evaluate(expr.substring(index, lastIndex + 1));

        StringItem(String value, boolean followedByDigit) {
            if (followedByDigit && value.length() == 1) {
                // a1 = alpha-1, b1 = beta-1, m1 = milestone-1
                switch (value.charAt(0)) {
                    case 'a':
                        value = "alpha";
                        break;
                    case 'b':
                        value = "beta";
                        break;

     */
    ArtifactResolverResult resolve(ArtifactResolverRequest request);

    /**
     * @param session {@link Session}
     * @param coordinates array of {@link ArtifactCoordinate}
     * @return {@link ArtifactResolverResult}
     * @throws ArtifactResolverException in case of an error.

                retValue = retValue.substring(2);

                if (retValue.length() >= 2 && (retValue.charAt(1) == '|' || retValue.charAt(1) == ':')) {
                    // special case: if there is a windows drive letter, then keep the original return value
                    retValue = retValue.charAt(0) + ":" + retValue.substring(2);
                } else {
                    // Now we expect the host

     */
    boolean isIncludesDependencies();

    /**
     * Types of path (class-path, module-path, …) where the dependency can be placed.
     * For most deterministic builds, the array length should be 1. In such case,
     * the dependency will be unconditionally placed on the specified type of path
     * and no heuristic rule will be involved.
     *

        if (obj != null && obj.getClass().isArray()) {
            int n = Array.getLength(obj);
            StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(256);
            buf.append('[');
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                if (i > 0) {
                    buf.append(", ");
                }
                buf.append(String.valueOf(Array.get(obj, i)));
            }
            buf.append(']');

                } else if (idx == 0) {
                    result = result.substring(3);
                    continue;
                }
                int parent = idx - 1;
                while (parent >= 0 && result.charAt(parent) == '/') {
                    parent--;
                }
                parent = result.lastIndexOf('/', parent);
                if (parent < 0) {
                    result = result.substring(idx + 4);

                if (banned.indexOf(string.charAt(i)) >= 0) {
                    addViolation(
                            problems,
                            severity,
                            fieldName,
                            sourceHint,
                            "must not contain any of these characters " + banned + " but found " + string.charAt(i));
                    return false;
                }