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

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package org.apache.maven.api;

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

/**
 * Version constraint for dependency. Constraint is either a range ("[1,2)") or recommended version ("1.0").
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface VersionConstraint {
    /**
     * Returns the range of this constraint, or {@code null} if none.
     * <p>
     * Note: only one, this method or {@link #getRecommendedVersion()} method must return non-{@code null} value.
     */
    @Nullable
    VersionRange getVersionRange();

    /**
     * Returns the recommended version of this constraint, or {@code null} if none.
     * <p>
     * Note: only one, this method or {@link #getVersionRange()} method must return non-{@code null} value.
     */
    @Nullable
    Version getRecommendedVersion();

    /**
     * Determines whether the specified version is contained within this constraint.
     *
     * @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 constraint
     * @return the string representation of this version constraint
     */
    @Nonnull
    String asString();
}