with its <<<DefaultArtifact>>> implementation ({{{./xref/org/apache/maven/artifact/DefaultArtifact.html}source}}).

 The jar file is executable and provides a little tool to display how Maven parses and compares versions:

+----+
$ java -jar maven-artifact-*.jar 3.2.4-alpha-1 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT 3.2.4.0
Display parameters as parsed by Maven (in canonical form) and comparison result:

  is the DefaultExpressionEvaluator, which is a local variable within the
  implementation of the BasicComponentConfigurator. This ExpressionEvaluator
  simply returns the expression itself as the resolved value, which adds
  very little value to the container. Things like ${project.build.resources}
  are not resolved, and result in a type mismatch for the member injection.

  We need a replacement for DefaultExpressionEvaluator that is capable of