/**
     * Expands a version range to a list of matching versions, in ascending order.
     * For example, resolves "[3.8,4.0)" to "3.8", "3.8.1", "3.8.2".
     * The returned list of versions is only dependent on the configured repositories and their contents.
     * The supplied request may also refer to a single concrete version rather than a version range.

        return delegate.parseVersion(version);
    }

    @Override
    public VersionRange parseVersionRange(String range) throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {
        return delegate.parseVersionRange(range);
    }

    @Override
    public VersionConstraint parseVersionConstraint(String constraint) throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException {

     *     <li>"e(G:A:V)" - predicate filter (leaves out G:A:V from range, if hit, V can be range)</li>
     * </ul>
     * Example filter expression: {@code "h(5);s;e(org.foo:bar:1)} will cause: ranges are filtered for "top 5" (instead
     * full range), snapshots are banned if root project is not a snapshot, and if range for {@code org.foo:bar} is
     * being processed, version 1 is omitted.
     *
     * @since 4.0.0

                // Message below is checked for in the MNG-2199 core IT.
                throw new ModelResolverException(
                        String.format("The requested version range '%s' does not specify an upper bound", version),
                        groupId,
                        artifactId,
                        version);
            }

                        } else {
                            result = -1;
                        }
                    }
                    if (result == 0) {
                        // We don't consider the version range in the comparison, just the resolved version
                        result = new DefaultArtifactVersion(version)
                                .compareTo(new DefaultArtifactVersion(a.getVersion()));
                    }