}
                }
            };
        } catch (VersionRangeResolutionException e) {
            throw new VersionRangeResolverException("Unable to resolve version range", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * 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.

import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;

/**
 * Maven Artifact interface. Notice that it mixes artifact definition concepts (groupId, artifactId, version)
 * with dependency information (version range, scope).
 */
public interface Artifact extends Comparable<Artifact> {

    String RELEASE_VERSION = "RELEASE";

    String LATEST_VERSION = "LATEST";

    String SNAPSHOT_VERSION = "SNAPSHOT";

        return delegate.parseVersion(version);
    }

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

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

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>parent-version-range-local</groupId>
  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
  <version>1</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>

- malformed POM
- local repository not writable
- remote repositories not available
- artifact metadata missing
- extension metadata missing
- extension artifact missing
- artifact metadata retrieval problem
- version range violation
- circular dependency
- artifact missing
- artifact retrieval exception
- md5 checksum doesn't match for local artifact, need to redownload this
- POM doesn't exist for a goal that requires one

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
    <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
    <version>[1,1]</version>
  </parent>
  <artifactId>child</artifactId>
  <!-- Must not use ${project.version} due to version range. -->
  <version>${project.version}</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
    <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
    <version>[1,1]</version>
  </parent>
  <artifactId>child</artifactId>
  <!-- version>2</version Must not inherit version from parent due to version range. -->
  <packaging>pom</packaging>

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <parent>
    <groupId>parent-version-range-local</groupId>
    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
    <version>[1,10]</version>
  </parent>
  <artifactId>child</artifactId>
  <version>${revision}</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <properties>
    <revision>1.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
  </properties>

        // NOTE: Release metadata includes version information about artifacts that have been released, to allow
        // meta-versions like RELEASE and LATEST to resolve, and also to allow retrieval of the range of valid, released
        // artifacts available.
        ArtifactRepositoryPolicy policy = metadata.getPolicy(repository);

        if (!policy.isEnabled()) {
            if (getLogger().isDebugEnabled()) {