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

            assertEquals("lib/tools.jar", config0.getChild("toolsJar").getValue());
            assertEquals(2, config0.getChildCount());
            Xpp3Dom config1 = (Xpp3Dom) jdks.getToolchains().get(1).getConfiguration();
            assertEquals(2, config1.getChildCount());
            assertEquals("lib/classes.jar", config1.getChild("toolsJar").getValue());

# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
##########################################################################################
wrapperJarPath="$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
if [ -r "$wrapperJarPath" ]; then
  log "Found $wrapperJarPath"
else

:endReadAdditionalConfig

SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain

set WRAPPER_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wrapper/maven-wrapper/3.3.2/maven-wrapper-3.3.2.jar"

FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties") DO (

@Immutable
public interface DependencyCoordinates extends ArtifactCoordinates {
    /**
     * {@return the type of the dependency}
     * A dependency can be a <abbr>JAR</abbr> file,
     * a modular-<abbr>JAR</abbr> if it is intended to be placed on the module-path,
     * a <abbr>JAR</abbr> containing test classes, <i>etc.</i>
     */
    @Nonnull
    Type getType();

    /**
     * {@return the time at which the dependency will be used}

@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface Dependency extends Artifact {
    /**
     * {@return the type of the dependency}
     * A dependency can be a <abbr>JAR</abbr> file,
     * a modular-<abbr>JAR</abbr> if it is intended to be placed on the module-path,
     * a <abbr>JAR</abbr> containing test classes, <i>etc.</i>
     *
     * @see DependencyCoordinates#getType()
     */
    @Nonnull
    Type getType();

    /**

      <version>0.2</version>
      <scope>system</scope>
      <systemPath>${basedir}/lib/a.jar</systemPath>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>test</groupId>
      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
      <version>0.1</version>
      <scope>system</scope>
      <systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/b.jar</systemPath>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

- name: mysql-connector-java
  version: 8.0.17
  url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/8.0.17/mysql-connector-java-8.0.17.jar
- name: mysql-connector-java
  version: 6.0.6

        if ("JAR".equals(packaging)) {
            plugins = new LinkedHashSet<>();

            plugins.add(newPlugin("maven-compiler-plugin", "compile", "testCompile"));
            plugins.add(newPlugin("maven-resources-plugin", "resources", "testResources"));
            plugins.add(newPlugin("maven-surefire-plugin", "test"));
            plugins.add(newPlugin("maven-jar-plugin", "jar"));

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>maven-test</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-test-a</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>central</id>
      <name>Fake Maven Central Repository</name>
      <url>file://dummy</url>
    </repository>
  </repositories>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>maven-test</groupId>