- github.com/prometheus/common: [v0.26.0 → v0.28.0](https://github.com/prometheus/common/compare/v0.26.0...v0.28.0)
- github.com/spf13/afero: [v1.2.2 → v1.6.0](https://github.com/spf13/afero/compare/v1.2.2...v1.6.0)
- github.com/spf13/cast: [v1.3.0 → v1.3.1](https://github.com/spf13/cast/compare/v1.3.0...v1.3.1)
- github.com/spf13/cobra: [v1.1.3 → v1.2.1](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/compare/v1.1.3...v1.2.1)

      buffer[bufferSize++] = elem;
      // uncheckedCastNullableTToT is safe because bufferSize > 0.
      if (comparator.compare(elem, uncheckedCastNullableTToT(threshold)) > 0) {
        threshold = elem;
      }
      // uncheckedCastNullableTToT is safe because bufferSize > 0.
    } else if (comparator.compare(elem, uncheckedCastNullableTToT(threshold)) < 0) {
      // Otherwise, we can ignore elem; we've seen k better elements.

    return false
  }
  for (a in this) {
    for (b in other) {
      if (comparator.compare(a, b) == 0) {
        return true
      }
    }
  }
  return false
}

internal fun Array<String>.indexOf(
  value: String,
  comparator: Comparator<String>,
): Int = indexOfFirst { comparator.compare(it, value) == 0 }

@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")

      return state().compareTo(RUNNING) >= 0;
    }
  }

  private final Guard isStopped = new IsStoppedGuard();

  @WeakOuter
  private final class IsStoppedGuard extends Guard {
    IsStoppedGuard() {
      super(AbstractService.this.monitor);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSatisfied() {
      return state().compareTo(TERMINATED) >= 0;
    }
  }

- github.com/google/cel-go: [v0.22.0 → v0.23.2](https://github.com/google/cel-go/compare/v0.22.0...v0.23.2)
- github.com/google/gnostic-models: [v0.6.8 → v0.6.9](https://github.com/google/gnostic-models/compare/v0.6.8...v0.6.9)
- github.com/google/go-cmp: [v0.6.0 → v0.7.0](https://github.com/google/go-cmp/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0)
- github.com/google/gofuzz: [v1.2.0 → v1.0.0](https://github.com/google/gofuzz/compare/v1.2.0...v1.0.0)

                if (range.hasRestrictions()) {
                    return range.containsVersion(version);
                } else {
                    return range.getRecommendedVersion().compareTo(version) == 0;
                }
            } catch (InvalidVersionSpecificationException ex) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {

        writer.write(actual, null, assembled);

        // check with getPom( baseName + "-expected" )
        File expected = getPom(baseName + "-expected");

        Diff diff = DiffBuilder.compare(expected)
                .withTest(actual)
                .ignoreComments()
                .ignoreWhitespace()
                .build();

 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:
1. 3.2.4-alpha-1 == 3.2.4.alpha.1

    assertLessThan(RUNNING, FAILED);

    assertLessThan(STOPPING, FAILED);
    assertLessThan(STOPPING, TERMINATED);
  }

  private static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void assertLessThan(T a, T b) {
    if (a.compareTo(b) >= 0) {
      fail(String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Expected %s to be less than %s", a, b));
    }
  }

Java serialization is one way to implement this, however, despite its simplicity of implementation, it has several drawbacks:

- **Performance:**
Java's built-in serialization mechanism is often slower compared to other serialization solutions.
This is due to Java's use of reflection and the need to maintain a lot of metadata.

- **Size of Serialized Data:**