}

            @Override
            public List<ArtifactVersion> retrieveAvailableVersionsFromDeploymentRepository(
                    Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository remoteRepository) {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot get available versions in this test case");
            }

2. 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT == 3.2.4.snapshot
   3.2.4-SNAPSHOT < 3.2.4.0
3. 3.2.4.0 == 3.2.4
+----+

* Useful entry points

 * artifact version comparison {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/artifact/versioning/ComparableVersion.html}javadoc}},

import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ArtifactFilter;

/**
 * Artifact collector - takes a set of original artifacts and resolves all of the best versions to use
 * along with their metadata. No artifacts are downloaded.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ArtifactCollector extends org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.LegacyArtifactCollector {

    @Deprecated

                .version("[2.0,2.1)")
                .build();

        ModelResolverException e = assertThrows(
                ModelResolverException.class,
                () -> newModelResolver().resolveModel(session, parent, new AtomicReference<>()),
                "Expected 'ModelResolverException' not thrown.");
        assertEquals("No versions matched the requested version range '[2.0,2.1)'", e.getMessage());
    }

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.maven.api.Service;
import org.apache.maven.api.model.Model;

public interface ModelBuilder extends Service {

    List<String> VALID_MODEL_VERSIONS = List.of("4.0.0", "4.1.0");

    ModelBuilderResult build(ModelBuilderRequest request) throws ModelBuilderException;

    ModelTransformerContextBuilder newTransformerContextBuilder();

          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>

versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new
versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.

Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any
later version", you have the option of following the terms and

                    + " because they threaten the stability of your build.");
            LOGGER.warn("");
            LOGGER.warn("For this reason, future Maven versions might no"
                    + " longer support building such malformed projects.");
            LOGGER.warn("");
        }

        return projects;
    }

    }

    /**
     * Resolves an artifact's meta version (if any) to a concrete version. For example, resolves "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     * to "1.0-20090208.132618-23" or "RELEASE"/"LATEST" to "2.0".
     *
     * @param request The version request, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The version result, never {@code null}.
     * @throws VersionResolverException If the metaversion could not be resolved.

/**
 * A range of versions.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface VersionRange {
    /**
     * Determines whether the specified version is contained within this range.
     *
     * @param version the version to test, must not be {@code null}
     * @return {@code true} if this range contains the specified version, {@code false} otherwise
     */