import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * <p>
 * Generic implementation of version comparison.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Features:
 * <ul>
 * <li>mixing of '<code>-</code>' (hyphen) and '<code>.</code>' (dot) separators,</li>
 * <li>transition between characters and digits also constitutes a separator: