*/
    @Test
    void testMng5568() {
        String a = "6.1.0";
        String b = "6.1.0rc3";
        String c = "6.1H.5-beta"; // this is the unusual version string, with 'H' in the middle

        checkVersionsOrder(b, a); // classical
        checkVersionsOrder(b, c); // now b < c, but before MNG-5568, we had b > c
        checkVersionsOrder(a, c);
    }

    /**

          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>How to handle downloading of releases from this repository.</description>
          <association>
            <type>RepositoryPolicy</type>
          </association>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>snapshots</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>How to handle downloading of snapshots from this repository.</description>

        return type;
    }

    /**
     * Selects the type of path where to place the given dependency.
     * This method returns one of the values specified in the given collection.
     * This method does not handle the patch-module paths, because the patches
     * depend on which modules have been previously added on the module-paths.
     *
     * <p>If the dependency can be a constituent of both the class-path and the module-path,

    }

    public boolean isSnapshot() {
        return parent.isSnapshot();
    }

    public void addMetadata(ArtifactMetadata metadata) {
        // ignore. The parent artifact will handle metadata.
        // we must fail silently here to avoid problems with the artifact transformers.
    }

    public Collection<ArtifactMetadata> getMetadataList() {
        return Collections.emptyList();
    }

                .setBaseDirectory(new File(""))
                .setLocalRepository(repo);

        DefaultRepositorySystemSession repositorySession =
                new DefaultRepositorySystemSession(h -> false); // no close handle
        repositorySession.setLocalRepositoryManager(new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory()
                .newInstance(repositorySession, new LocalRepository(repo.getUrl())));
        MavenSession session =

        return type;
    }

    /**
     * Selects the type of path where to place the given dependency.
     * This method returns one of the values specified in the given collection.
     * This method does not handle the patch-module paths, because the patches
     * depend on which modules have been previously added on the module-paths.
     *
     * <p>If the dependency can be a constituent of both the class-path and the module-path,

     */
    // MAVENAPI FIXME: the DAG used is NOT only used to represent the dependency relation,
    // but also for <parent>, <build><plugin>, <reports>. We need multiple DAG's
    // since a DAG can only handle 1 type of relationship properly.
    // Use case:  This is detected as a cycle:
    // org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api                -(PARENT)->
    // org.apache.maven:maven                           -(inherited REPORTING)->

import org.apache.maven.api.settings.RepositoryPolicy;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings;
import org.apache.maven.settings.v4.SettingsMerger;

/**
 * Several convenience methods to handle settings
 *
 */
public final class SettingsUtilsV4 {

    private SettingsUtilsV4() {
        // don't allow construction.
    }

    /**
     * @param dominant
     * @param recessive
     */

 */
@Named
@Singleton
public class DefaultExceptionHandler implements ExceptionHandler {

    public ExceptionSummary handleException(Throwable exception) {
        return handle("", exception);
    }

    private ExceptionSummary handle(String message, Throwable exception) {
        String reference = getReference(exception);

        List<ExceptionSummary> children = null;

import org.apache.maven.api.settings.RepositoryPolicy;
import org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings;
import org.apache.maven.settings.v4.SettingsMerger;

/**
 * Several convenience methods to handle settings
 *
 */
public final class SettingsUtilsV4 {

    private SettingsUtilsV4() {
        // don't allow construction.
    }

    /**
     * @param dominant
     * @param recessive
     */