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

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
  <artifactId>t05-a</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <version>2.0</version>
  <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>central</id>
      <name>Fake Maven Central Repository</name>
      <url>file://dummy</url>
    </repository>
  </repositories>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test</groupId>

  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0063</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-it-it0063</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0063</name>
  <description>Test the use of a system scoped dependency to a (fake) tools.jar.</description>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
      <artifactId>tools</artifactId>

        attribute(Category.CATEGORY_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Category.LIBRARY))
        attribute(LibraryElements.LIBRARY_ELEMENTS_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(LibraryElements.JAR))
        attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Bundling.EXTERNAL))
    }
}


fun Configuration.configureAsRuntimeElements(objects: ObjectFactory) {
    attributes {

            include("lib/*.jar")
        }

    @get:Classpath
    val agentJars: FileCollection
        get() = homeDir.asFileTree.matching {
            include("lib/agents/*.jar")
        }

    @get:Classpath
    val pluginJars: FileCollection
        get() = homeDir.asFileTree.matching {
            include("lib/plugins/*.jar")
        }

            logger.warn("Failed to delete: path={}", dir, e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Gets the JAR file path for the given artifact.
     *
     * @param artifact the theme artifact
     * @return the path to the JAR file
     * @throws ThemeException if the JAR file does not exist
     */
    protected Path getJarFile(final Artifact artifact) {

            return version;
        }

        /**
         * Gets the filename of the artifact JAR file.
         *
         * @return the filename in the format "name-version.jar"
         */
        public String getFileName() {
            return name + "-" + version + ".jar";
        }

        /**
         * Gets the URL where the artifact can be downloaded.
         *

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
  <artifactId>t06-c</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
      <artifactId>t06-d</artifactId>
      <version>1.1</version>
      <type>jar</type>
      <scope>compile</scope>
      <optional>true</optional>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-test-c</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-test-d</artifactId>
      <version>1.2</version>
      <type>jar</type>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

                + "-Dclassifier=aClassifier -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file" + LS + LS
                + "  Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there: " + LS
                + "      mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=aGroupId -DartifactId=anArtifactId"
                + " -Dversion=aVersion -Dclassifier=aClassifier -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file"