api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/VersionRange.java

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package org.apache.maven.api;

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

/**
 * A range of versions.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface VersionRange {

    // TODO: v4: add access to the version information

    /**
     * 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
     */
    boolean contains(@Nonnull Version version);

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this version range
     * @return the string representation of this version range
     */
    @Nonnull
    String asString();
}