api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/services/VersionParser.java

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package org.apache.maven.api.services;

import org.apache.maven.api.Service;
import org.apache.maven.api.Version;
import org.apache.maven.api.VersionRange;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;

/**
 * Service interface to parse {@link Version} and {@link VersionRange}.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface VersionParser extends Service {
    /**
     * Parses the specified version string, for example "1.0".
     *
     * @param version the version string to parse, must not be {@code null}
     * @return the parsed version, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the string violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     * @see org.apache.maven.api.Session#parseVersion(String)
     */
    @Nonnull
    Version parseVersion(@Nonnull String version);

    /**
     * Parses the specified version range specification, for example "[1.0,2.0)".
     *
     * @param range the range specification to parse, must not be {@code null}
     * @return the parsed version range, never {@code null}
     * @throws VersionParserException if the range specification violates the syntax rules of this scheme
     */
    @Nonnull
    VersionRange parseVersionRange(@Nonnull String range);

    /**
     * Checks whether a given artifact version is considered a {@code SNAPSHOT} or not.
     */
    boolean isSnapshot(@Nonnull String version);
}