* @param version the artifact version, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @param extension the artifact extension, or {@code null} is unspecified
     * @return coordinate used to point to the artifact
     *
     * @see org.apache.maven.api.services.ArtifactCoordinateFactory#create(Session, String, String, String, String)
     */
    @Nonnull

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  <id>extension</id>
  <name>ExtensionDescriptor</name>
  <description><![CDATA[
    Extension descriptor, stored in <code>META-INF/maven/extension.xml</code> in an extension's jar artifact to
    precisely control parts of the extension and dependencies to expose in the API class loader.

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

/**
 * A version usually parsed using the {@link org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParser} service.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 * @see org.apache.maven.api.services.VersionParser#parseVersion(String)
 * @see org.apache.maven.api.Session#parseVersion(String)
 */
@Experimental
public interface Version extends Comparable<Version> {
    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this version.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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package k8sversion

import (
	"fmt"

	goversion "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"

	"istio.io/istio/operator/pkg/util/clog"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/kube"
	pkgVersion "istio.io/istio/pkg/version"
)

const (
	// MinK8SVersion is the minimum k8s version required to run this version of Istio
	// https://istio.io/docs/setup/platform-setup/
	MinK8SVersion               = 26

  istioctl x version

  # Retrieve version information directly from the control plane, using RSA certificate security
  # (Certificates must be obtained before this step.  The --cert-dir flag lets istioctl bypass the Kubernetes API server.)
  istioctl x version --xds-address istio.example.com:15012 --cert-dir ~/.istio-certs

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	cases := []struct {
		version  *version.Info
		expected int
		errMsg   error
		isValid  bool
	}{
		{
			version:  version1_17,
			expected: 17,
			errMsg:   nil,
			isValid:  true,
		},
		{
			version:  version1_8,
			expected: 8,
			errMsg:   nil,
			isValid:  true,
		},
		{
			version:  version1_18,
			expected: 18,
			errMsg:   nil,