Item l = left.hasNext() ? left.next() : null;
                        Item r = right.hasNext() ? right.next() : null;

                        // if this is shorter, then invert the compare and mul with -1
                        int result = l == null ? (r == null ? 0 : -1 * r.compareTo(l)) : l.compareTo(r);

                        if (result != 0) {

    /**
     * Gets the relative path for a locally installed artifact. Note that the artifact need not actually exist yet at
     * the returned location, the path merely indicates where the artifact would eventually be stored.
     * <p>
     * Shortcut for {@code getService(LocalArtifactManager.class).getPathForLocalArtitact(...)}.
     *
     * @param artifact the artifact for which to get a local path

                        }
                    } catch (InvalidVersionSpecificationException e) {
                        result.addException(e);
                    }
                }

                Collections.sort(versions);
                result.setVersions(versions);
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    private Map<String, ArtifactRepository> getVersions(

                                            artifact.setAvailableVersions(versions);
                                        }

                                        Collections.sort(versions);

                                        VersionRange versionRange = artifact.getVersionRange();

                                        version = versionRange.matchVersion(versions);