Added generic version implementation

src/main/java/rife/bld/BaseProject.java

@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ public class BaseProject extends BuildExecutor {
      * {@link VersionNumber#UNKNOWN} if the description couldn't be parsed
      * @since 1.5
      */
-    public VersionNumber version(String description) {
+    public Version version(String description) {
         return VersionNumber.parse(description);
     }
 

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  * @author Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
  * @since 1.5
  */
-public record Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber version, String classifier, String type, ExclusionSet exclusions, Dependency parent) {
+public record Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, Version version, String classifier, String type, ExclusionSet exclusions, Dependency parent) {
     public static final String CLASSIFIER_SOURCES = "sources";
     public static final String CLASSIFIER_JAVADOC = "javadoc";
 
@@ -28,23 +28,23 @@ public record Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber versio
         this(groupId, artifactId, null, null, null);
     }
 
-    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber version) {
+    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, Version version) {
         this(groupId, artifactId, version, null, null);
     }
 
-    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber version, String classifier) {
+    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, Version version, String classifier) {
         this(groupId, artifactId, version, classifier, null);
     }
 
-    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber version, String classifier, String type) {
+    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, Version version, String classifier, String type) {
         this(groupId, artifactId, version, classifier, type, null);
     }
 
-    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber version, String classifier, String type, ExclusionSet exclusions) {
+    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, Version version, String classifier, String type, ExclusionSet exclusions) {
         this(groupId, artifactId, version, classifier, type, exclusions, null);
     }
 
-    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber version, String classifier, String type, ExclusionSet exclusions, Dependency parent) {
+    public Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, Version version, String classifier, String type, ExclusionSet exclusions, Dependency parent) {
         this.groupId = groupId;
         this.artifactId = artifactId;
         this.version = (version == null ? VersionNumber.UNKNOWN : version);

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyResolver.java

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class DependencyResolver {
      * @return the resolved version
      * @since 1.5
      */
-    public VersionNumber resolveVersion() {
+    public Version resolveVersion() {
         var version = resolution_.overrideVersion(dependency_);
         if (version.equals(VersionNumber.UNKNOWN)) {
             return latestVersion();
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class DependencyResolver {
      * couldn't be found in the provided repositories
      * @since 1.5
      */
-    public List<VersionNumber> listVersions() {
+    public List<Version> listVersions() {
         return getMavenMetadata().getVersions();
     }
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public class DependencyResolver {
      * if the dependency couldn't be found in the provided repositories
      * @since 1.5
      */
-    public VersionNumber latestVersion() {
+    public Version latestVersion() {
         return getMavenMetadata().getLatest();
     }
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class DependencyResolver {
      * if the dependency couldn't be found in the provided repositories
      * @since 1.5
      */
-    public VersionNumber releaseVersion() {
+    public Version releaseVersion() {
         return getMavenMetadata().getRelease();
     }
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public class DependencyResolver {
 
     private List<RepositoryArtifact> getTransferArtifacts() {
         final var version = resolveVersion();
-        final VersionNumber pom_version;
+        final Version pom_version;
         if (version.isSnapshot()) {
             var metadata = getSnapshotMavenMetadata();
             pom_version = metadata.getSnapshot();
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public class DependencyResolver {
 
     private List<RepositoryArtifact> getPomLocations() {
         final var version = resolveVersion();
-        final VersionNumber pom_version;
+        final Version pom_version;
         if (version.isSnapshot()) {
             var metadata = getSnapshotMavenMetadata();
             pom_version = metadata.getSnapshot();
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ public class DependencyResolver {
         }
 
         var xml = new Xml2MavenPom(parent, resolution_, retriever_, repositories_);
+        // first pass only extracts the properties from the pom
+        if (!xml.processXml(pom)) {
+            throw new DependencyXmlParsingErrorException(dependency_, retrieved_artifact.location(), xml.getErrors());
+        }
+        // second pass parses all the rest so that the properties are available anywhere
         if (!xml.processXml(pom)) {
             throw new DependencyXmlParsingErrorException(dependency_, retrieved_artifact.location(), xml.getErrors());
         }

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/MavenMetadata.java

@@ -14,28 +14,28 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public interface MavenMetadata {
     /**
-     * Returns latest version number in the metadata.
+     * Returns latest version in the metadata.
      *
-     * @return the latest version number
+     * @return the latest version
      * @since 1.5.8
      */
-    VersionNumber getLatest();
+    Version getLatest();
 
     /**
-     * Returns release version number in the metadata.
+     * Returns release version in the metadata.
      *
-     * @return the release version number
+     * @return the release version
      * @since 1.5.8
      */
-    VersionNumber getRelease();
+    Version getRelease();
 
     /**
-     * Returns snapshot version number in the metadata.
+     * Returns snapshot version in the metadata.
      *
-     * @return the snapshot version number
+     * @return the snapshot version
      * @since 1.5.8
      */
-    VersionNumber getSnapshot();
+    Version getSnapshot();
 
     /**
      * Returns snapshot timestamp in the metadata.
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public interface MavenMetadata {
     /**
      * Returns all the release or snapshot versions in the metadata.
      *
-     * @return the version number list
+     * @return the version list
      * @since 1.5.8
      */
-    List<VersionNumber> getVersions();
+    List<Version> getVersions();
 }

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Version.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2023 Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ */
+package rife.bld.dependencies;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the basic functionality of a dependency version.
+ *
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public interface Version extends Comparable<Version> {
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the qualifier of the version.
+     *
+     * @return this version's qualifier
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    String qualifier();
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the version number with a different qualifier.
+     *
+     * @return this version number with a different qualifier
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    Version withQualifier(String qualifier);
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether this is a snapshot version.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if this is a snapshot version; or
+     * {@code false} otherwise
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    boolean isSnapshot();
+
+    @Override
+    int compareTo(Version other);
+
+    @Override
+    String toString();
+
+    @Override
+    boolean equals(Object other);
+
+    @Override
+    int hashCode();
+}

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionGeneric.java

@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2023 Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ */
+package rife.bld.dependencies;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+// https://github.com/apache/maven-resolver/blob/98126539f3c66fc4ab50b178c2eb4b8fd169fd72/maven-resolver-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/version/GenericVersion.java
+public class VersionGeneric implements Version {
+    private final String version_;
+    private final List<Item> items_;
+    private final int hash_;
+
+    @Override
+    public String qualifier() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Version withQualifier(String qualifier) {
+        return new VersionGeneric(version_);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSnapshot() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a generic version from the specified string.
+     *
+     * @param version The version string, must not be {@code null}.
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    VersionGeneric(String version) {
+        version_ = requireNonNull(version, "version cannot be null");
+        items_ = parse(version);
+        hash_ = items_.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns this instance tokenized representation as unmodifiable list.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    public List<Item> asItems() {
+        return items_;
+    }
+
+    private static List<Item> parse(String version) {
+        var items = new ArrayList<Item>();
+
+        for (var tokenizer = new Tokenizer(version); tokenizer.next(); ) {
+            var item = tokenizer.toItem();
+            items.add(item);
+        }
+
+        trimPadding(items);
+
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(items);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Visible for testing.
+     */
+    public static void trimPadding(List<Item> items) {
+        Boolean number = null;
+        var end = items.size() - 1;
+        for (var i = end; i > 0; i--) {
+            var item = items.get(i);
+            if (!Boolean.valueOf(item.isNumber()).equals(number)) {
+                end = i;
+                number = item.isNumber();
+            }
+            if (end == i
+                && (i == items.size() - 1 || items.get(i - 1).isNumber() == item.isNumber())
+                && item.compareTo(null) == 0) {
+                items.remove(i);
+                end--;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Version other) {
+        VersionGeneric generic;
+        if (other instanceof VersionGeneric) {
+            generic = (VersionGeneric)other;
+        }
+        else {
+            generic = new VersionGeneric(other.toString());
+        }
+
+        final var these = items_;
+        final var those = generic.items_;
+
+        var number = true;
+
+        for (var index = 0; ; index++) {
+            if (index >= these.size() && index >= those.size()) {
+                return 0;
+            } else if (index >= these.size()) {
+                return -comparePadding(those, index, null);
+            } else if (index >= those.size()) {
+                return comparePadding(these, index, null);
+            }
+
+            var thisItem = these.get(index);
+            var thatItem = those.get(index);
+
+            if (thisItem.isNumber() != thatItem.isNumber()) {
+                if (index == 0) {
+                    return thisItem.compareTo(thatItem);
+                }
+                if (number == thisItem.isNumber()) {
+                    return comparePadding(these, index, number);
+                } else {
+                    return -comparePadding(those, index, number);
+                }
+            } else {
+                var rel = thisItem.compareTo(thatItem);
+                if (rel != 0) {
+                    return rel;
+                }
+                number = thisItem.isNumber();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int comparePadding(List<Item> items, int index, Boolean number) {
+        var rel = 0;
+        for (var i = index; i < items.size(); i++) {
+            var item = items.get(i);
+            if (number != null && number != item.isNumber()) {
+                // do not stop here, but continue, skipping non-number members
+                continue;
+            }
+            rel = item.compareTo(null);
+            if (rel != 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return rel;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        return (obj instanceof VersionGeneric) && compareTo((VersionGeneric) obj) == 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return hash_;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return version_;
+    }
+
+    static final class Tokenizer {
+        private static final Integer QUALIFIER_ALPHA = -5;
+        private static final Integer QUALIFIER_BETA = -4;
+        private static final Integer QUALIFIER_MILESTONE = -3;
+        private static final Map<String, Integer> QUALIFIERS;
+
+        static {
+            QUALIFIERS = new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("alpha", QUALIFIER_ALPHA);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("beta", QUALIFIER_BETA);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("milestone", QUALIFIER_MILESTONE);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("cr", -2);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("rc", -2);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("snapshot", -1);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("ga", 0);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("final", 0);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("release", 0);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("", 0);
+            QUALIFIERS.put("sp", 1);
+        }
+
+        private final String version_;
+        private final int versionLength_;
+        private int index_;
+        private String token_;
+        private boolean number_;
+        private boolean terminatedByNumber_;
+
+        Tokenizer(String version) {
+            version_ = (!version.isEmpty()) ? version : "0";
+            versionLength_ = this.version_.length();
+        }
+
+        public boolean next() {
+            if (index_ >= versionLength_) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var state = -2;
+
+            var start = index_;
+            var end = versionLength_;
+            terminatedByNumber_ = false;
+
+            for (; index_ < versionLength_; index_++) {
+                var c = version_.charAt(index_);
+
+                if (c == '.' || c == '-' || c == '_') {
+                    end = index_;
+                    index_++;
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    var digit = Character.digit(c, 10);
+                    if (digit >= 0) {
+                        if (state == -1) {
+                            end = index_;
+                            terminatedByNumber_ = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        if (state == 0) {
+                            // normalize numbers and strip leading zeros (prereq for Integer/BigInteger handling)
+                            start++;
+                        }
+                        state = (state > 0 || digit > 0) ? 1 : 0;
+                    } else {
+                        if (state >= 0) {
+                            end = index_;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        state = -1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (end - start > 0) {
+                token_ = version_.substring(start, end);
+                number_ = state >= 0;
+            } else {
+                token_ = "0";
+                number_ = true;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return String.valueOf(token_);
+        }
+
+        public Item toItem() {
+            if (number_) {
+                try {
+                    if (token_.length() < 10) {
+                        return new Item(Item.KIND_INT, Integer.parseInt(token_));
+                    } else {
+                        return new Item(Item.KIND_BIGINT, new BigInteger(token_));
+                    }
+                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (index_ >= version_.length()) {
+                    if ("min".equalsIgnoreCase(token_)) {
+                        return Item.MIN;
+                    } else if ("max".equalsIgnoreCase(token_)) {
+                        return Item.MAX;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (terminatedByNumber_ && token_.length() == 1) {
+                    switch (token_.charAt(0)) {
+                        case 'a':
+                        case 'A':
+                            return new Item(Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, QUALIFIER_ALPHA);
+                        case 'b':
+                        case 'B':
+                            return new Item(Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, QUALIFIER_BETA);
+                        case 'm':
+                        case 'M':
+                            return new Item(Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, QUALIFIER_MILESTONE);
+                        default:
+                    }
+                }
+                var qualifier = QUALIFIERS.get(token_);
+                if (qualifier != null) {
+                    return new Item(Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, qualifier);
+                } else {
+                    return new Item(Item.KIND_STRING, token_.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static final class Item {
+        static final int KIND_MAX = 8;
+        static final int KIND_BIGINT = 5;
+        static final int KIND_INT = 4;
+        static final int KIND_STRING = 3;
+        static final int KIND_QUALIFIER = 2;
+        static final int KIND_MIN = 0;
+        static final Item MAX = new Item(KIND_MAX, "max");
+        static final Item MIN = new Item(KIND_MIN, "min");
+
+        private final int kind_;
+        private final Object value_;
+
+        Item(int kind, Object value) {
+            kind_ = kind;
+            value_ = value;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isNumber() {
+            return (kind_ & KIND_QUALIFIER) == 0; // i.e. kind != string/qualifier
+        }
+
+        public int compareTo(Item that) {
+            int rel;
+            if (that == null) {
+                // null in this context denotes the pad item (0 or "ga")
+                rel = switch (kind_) {
+                    case KIND_MIN -> -1;
+                    case KIND_MAX, KIND_BIGINT, KIND_STRING -> 1;
+                    case KIND_INT, KIND_QUALIFIER -> (Integer) value_;
+                    default -> throw new IllegalStateException("unknown version item kind " + kind_);
+                };
+            } else {
+                rel = kind_ - that.kind_;
+                if (rel == 0) {
+                    switch (kind_) {
+                        case KIND_MAX:
+                        case KIND_MIN:
+                            break;
+                        case KIND_BIGINT:
+                            rel = ((BigInteger) value_).compareTo((BigInteger) that.value_);
+                            break;
+                        case KIND_INT:
+                        case KIND_QUALIFIER:
+                            rel = ((Integer) value_).compareTo((Integer) that.value_);
+                            break;
+                        case KIND_STRING:
+                            rel = ((String) value_).compareToIgnoreCase((String) that.value_);
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            throw new IllegalStateException("unknown version item kind " + kind_);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return rel;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            return (obj instanceof Item) && compareTo((Item) obj) == 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return value_.hashCode() + kind_ * 31;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return String.valueOf(value_);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  * @author Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
  * @since 1.5
  */
-public record VersionNumber(Integer major, Integer minor, Integer revision, String qualifier, String separator) implements Comparable<VersionNumber> {
+public record VersionNumber(Integer major, Integer minor, Integer revision, String qualifier, String separator) implements Version {
     public static final String SNAPSHOT_QUALIFIER = "SNAPSHOT";
 
     /**
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ public record VersionNumber(Integer major, Integer minor, Integer revision, Stri
      * {@link VersionNumber#UNKNOWN} when the string couldn't be parsed
      * @since 1.5
      */
-    public static VersionNumber parse(String version) {
+    public static Version parse(String version) {
         if (version == null || version.isEmpty()) {
             return UNKNOWN;
         }
 
         var matcher = VERSION_PATTERN.matcher(version);
         if (!matcher.matches()) {
-            return UNKNOWN;
+            return new VersionGeneric(version);
         }
 
         var major = matcher.group("major");
@@ -142,13 +142,8 @@ public record VersionNumber(Integer major, Integer minor, Integer revision, Stri
         return new VersionNumber(major, minor, revision, null);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieves the version number with a different qualifier.
-     *
-     * @return this version number with a different qualifier
-     * @since 1.5.8
-     */
-    public VersionNumber withQualifier(String qualifier) {
+    @Override
+    public Version withQualifier(String qualifier) {
         return new VersionNumber(major, minor, revision, qualifier);
     }
 
@@ -182,37 +177,35 @@ public record VersionNumber(Integer major, Integer minor, Integer revision, Stri
         return revision == null ? 0 : revision;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Indicates whether this is a snapshot version.
-     *
-     * @return {@code true} if this is a snapshot version; or
-     * {@code false} otherwise
-     * @since 1.5.8
-     */
     public boolean isSnapshot() {
         return qualifier().toUpperCase().contains(SNAPSHOT_QUALIFIER);
     }
 
-    public int compareTo(VersionNumber other) {
-        if (majorInt() != other.majorInt()) {
-            return majorInt() - other.majorInt();
-        }
-        if (minorInt() != other.minorInt()) {
-            return minorInt() - other.minorInt();
-        }
-        if (revisionInt() != other.revisionInt()) {
-            return revisionInt() - other.revisionInt();
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Version other) {
+        if (other instanceof VersionNumber otherNumber) {
+            if (majorInt() != otherNumber.majorInt()) {
+                return majorInt() - otherNumber.majorInt();
+            }
+            if (minorInt() != otherNumber.minorInt()) {
+                return minorInt() - otherNumber.minorInt();
+            }
+            if (revisionInt() != otherNumber.revisionInt()) {
+                return revisionInt() - otherNumber.revisionInt();
+            }
+
+            if (qualifier.equals(otherNumber.qualifier)) {
+                return 0;
+            } else if (qualifier.isEmpty()) {
+                return 1;
+            } else if (otherNumber.qualifier.isEmpty()) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            return qualifier.toLowerCase().compareTo(otherNumber.qualifier.toLowerCase());
         }
 
-        if (qualifier.equals(other.qualifier)) {
-            return 0;
-        } else if (qualifier.isEmpty()) {
-            return 1;
-        } else if (other.qualifier.isEmpty()) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        return qualifier.toLowerCase().compareTo(other.qualifier.toLowerCase());
+        return toString().compareTo(other.toString());
     }
 
     public String toString() {
@@ -235,7 +228,7 @@ public record VersionNumber(Integer major, Integer minor, Integer revision, Stri
 
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object other) {
-        return other instanceof VersionNumber && compareTo((VersionNumber) other) == 0;
+        return other instanceof Version && compareTo((Version) other) == 0;
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionResolution.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class VersionResolution {
      */
     public static final String PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_PREFIX = "bld.override";
 
-    private final Map<String, VersionNumber> versionOverrides_ = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<String, Version> versionOverrides_ = new HashMap<>();
 
     /**
      * Returns a dummy {@code VersionResolution} instance that doesn't override anything.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class VersionResolution {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new instance of the {@code VersionReslution} class from hierarchical properties that
+     * Creates a new instance of the {@code VersionResolution} class from hierarchical properties that
      * are passed in.
      * <p>
      * The actual version overrides are determined at instantiation time and any future changes to the
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class VersionResolution {
      * @return the overridden version if it is available; or the original version otherwise
      * @since 2.0
      */
-    public VersionNumber overrideVersion(Dependency original) {
+    public Version overrideVersion(Dependency original) {
         var overridden = versionOverrides_.get(original.toArtifactString());
         if (overridden == null) {
             return original.version();
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class VersionResolution {
      * @return the map of version overrides
      * @since 2.0
      */
-    public Map<String, VersionNumber> versionOverrides() {
+    public Map<String, Version> versionOverrides() {
         return versionOverrides_;
     }
 }

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenMetadata.java

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  * @since 1.5.8
  */
 public class Xml2MavenMetadata extends Xml2Data implements MavenMetadata {
-    private VersionNumber latest_ = VersionNumber.UNKNOWN;
-    private VersionNumber release_ = VersionNumber.UNKNOWN;
-    private final List<VersionNumber> versions_;
-    private VersionNumber snapshot_ = VersionNumber.UNKNOWN;
+    private Version latest_ = VersionNumber.UNKNOWN;
+    private Version release_ = VersionNumber.UNKNOWN;
+    private final List<Version> versions_;
+    private Version snapshot_ = VersionNumber.UNKNOWN;
 
     private StringBuilder characterData_ = null;
 
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ public class Xml2MavenMetadata extends Xml2Data implements MavenMetadata {
         versions_ = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
-    public VersionNumber getLatest() {
+    public Version getLatest() {
         return latest_;
     }
 
-    public VersionNumber getRelease() {
+    public Version getRelease() {
         return release_;
     }
 
-    public VersionNumber getSnapshot() {
+    public Version getSnapshot() {
         return snapshot_;
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class Xml2MavenMetadata extends Xml2Data implements MavenMetadata {
         return snapshotBuildNumber_;
     }
 
-    public List<VersionNumber> getVersions() {
+    public List<Version> getVersions() {
         return versions_;
     }
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class Xml2MavenMetadata extends Xml2Data implements MavenMetadata {
                 if (snapshotTimestamp_ != null && snapshotBuildNumber_ != null) {
                     qualifier = snapshotTimestamp_ + "-" + snapshotBuildNumber_;
                 }
-                snapshot_ = new VersionNumber(version.major(), version.minor(), version.revision(), qualifier);
+                snapshot_ = version.withQualifier(qualifier);
             }
         }
 

src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenPom.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Xml2MavenPom extends Xml2Data {
     private final Stack<String> elementStack_ = new Stack<>();
     private ExclusionSet exclusions_ = null;
 
+    private boolean initialParse_ = true;
     private boolean collectProperties_ = false;
     private boolean collectDependencyManagement_ = false;
     private boolean collectDependencies_ = false;
@@ -142,32 +143,36 @@ class Xml2MavenPom extends Xml2Data {
     public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) {
         characterData_ = new StringBuilder();
 
-        switch (qName) {
-            case "parent" -> resetState();
-            case "properties" -> {
+        if (initialParse_) {
+            if (qName.equals("properties")) {
                 if (isChildOfProject()) {
                     collectProperties_ = true;
                 }
             }
-            case "dependencyManagement" -> {
-                if (isChildOfProject()) {
-                    collectDependencyManagement_ = true;
+        }
+        else {
+            switch (qName) {
+                case "parent" -> resetState();
+                case "dependencyManagement" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfProject()) {
+                        collectDependencyManagement_ = true;
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "dependencies" -> {
-                if (isChildOfProject()) {
-                    resetState();
-                    collectDependencies_ = true;
+                case "dependencies" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfProject()) {
+                        resetState();
+                        collectDependencies_ = true;
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "exclusions" -> {
-                if (collectDependencyManagement_ || collectDependencies_) {
-                    collectExclusions_ = true;
-                    exclusions_ = new ExclusionSet();
+                case "exclusions" -> {
+                    if (collectDependencyManagement_ || collectDependencies_) {
+                        collectExclusions_ = true;
+                        exclusions_ = new ExclusionSet();
+                    }
+                }
+                case "dependency" -> {
+                    if (collectDependencies_) resetState();
                 }
-            }
-            case "dependency" -> {
-                if (collectDependencies_) resetState();
             }
         }
 
@@ -177,110 +182,117 @@ class Xml2MavenPom extends Xml2Data {
     public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) {
         elementStack_.pop();
 
-        switch (qName) {
-            case "parent" -> {
-                if (isChildOfProject()) {
-                    var parent_dependency = new Dependency(resolveMavenProperties(lastGroupId_), resolveMavenProperties(lastArtifactId_), VersionNumber.parse(resolveMavenProperties(lastVersion_)));
-                    var parent = new DependencyResolver(resolution_, retriever_, repositories_, parent_dependency).getMavenPom(parent_);
+        if (initialParse_) {
+            switch (qName) {
+                case "properties" -> collectProperties_ = false;
+                case "project" -> initialParse_ = false;
+                default -> {
+                    if (collectProperties_) {
+                        mavenProperties_.put(qName, getCharacterData());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            switch (qName) {
+                case "parent" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfProject()) {
+                        var parent_dependency = new Dependency(resolveMavenProperties(lastGroupId_), resolveMavenProperties(lastArtifactId_), VersionNumber.parse(resolveMavenProperties(lastVersion_)));
+                        var parent = new DependencyResolver(resolution_, retriever_, repositories_, parent_dependency).getMavenPom(parent_);
 
-                    parent.mavenProperties_.keySet().removeAll(mavenProperties_.keySet());
-                    mavenProperties_.putAll(parent.mavenProperties_);
+                        parent.mavenProperties_.keySet().removeAll(mavenProperties_.keySet());
+                        mavenProperties_.putAll(parent.mavenProperties_);
 
-                    parent.dependencyManagement_.keySet().removeAll(dependencyManagement_.keySet());
-                    dependencyManagement_.putAll(parent.dependencyManagement_);
+                        parent.dependencyManagement_.keySet().removeAll(dependencyManagement_.keySet());
+                        dependencyManagement_.putAll(parent.dependencyManagement_);
 
-                    parent.dependencies_.removeAll(dependencies_);
-                    dependencies_.addAll(parent.dependencies_);
+                        parent.dependencies_.removeAll(dependencies_);
+                        dependencies_.addAll(parent.dependencies_);
 
+                        resetState();
+                    }
+                }
+                case "dependencyManagement" -> collectDependencyManagement_ = false;
+                case "dependencies" -> collectDependencies_ = false;
+                case "exclusions" -> collectExclusions_ = false;
+                case "exclusion" -> {
+                    if (collectExclusions_) {
+                        exclusions_.add(new DependencyExclusion(lastExclusionGroupId_, lastExclusionArtifactId_));
+                    }
+                }
+                case "dependency" -> {
+                    var dependency = new PomDependency(lastGroupId_, lastArtifactId_, lastVersion_, lastClassifier_, lastType_, lastScope_, lastOptional_, exclusions_, parent_);
+                    if (collectDependencyManagement_) {
+                        if (dependency.isPomImport()) {
+                            var import_dependency = new Dependency(resolveMavenProperties(lastGroupId_), resolveMavenProperties(lastArtifactId_), VersionNumber.parse(resolveMavenProperties(lastVersion_)));
+                            var imported_pom = new DependencyResolver(resolution_, retriever_, repositories_, import_dependency).getMavenPom(parent_);
+                            imported_pom.dependencyManagement_.keySet().removeAll(dependencyManagement_.keySet());
+                            var resolved_dependencies = new LinkedHashSet<PomDependency>();
+                            for (var managed_dependency : imported_pom.dependencyManagement_.keySet()) {
+                                resolved_dependencies.add(imported_pom.resolveDependency(managed_dependency));
+                            }
+
+                            resolved_dependencies.removeAll(dependencyManagement_.keySet());
+                            for (var resolved_dependency : resolved_dependencies) {
+                                dependencyManagement_.put(resolved_dependency, resolved_dependency);
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            dependencyManagement_.put(dependency, dependency);
+                        }
+                    } else if (collectDependencies_) {
+                        dependencies_.add(dependency);
+                    }
                     resetState();
                 }
-            }
-            case "properties" -> collectProperties_ = false;
-            case "dependencyManagement" -> collectDependencyManagement_ = false;
-            case "dependencies" -> collectDependencies_ = false;
-            case "exclusions" -> collectExclusions_ = false;
-            case "exclusion" -> {
-                if (collectExclusions_) {
-                    exclusions_.add(new DependencyExclusion(lastExclusionGroupId_, lastExclusionArtifactId_));
-                }
-            }
-            case "dependency" -> {
-                var dependency = new PomDependency(lastGroupId_, lastArtifactId_, lastVersion_, lastClassifier_, lastType_, lastScope_, lastOptional_, exclusions_, parent_);
-                if (collectDependencyManagement_) {
-                    if (dependency.isPomImport()) {
-                        var import_dependency = new Dependency(resolveMavenProperties(lastGroupId_), resolveMavenProperties(lastArtifactId_), VersionNumber.parse(resolveMavenProperties(lastVersion_)));
-                        var imported_pom = new DependencyResolver(resolution_, retriever_, repositories_, import_dependency).getMavenPom(parent_);
-                        imported_pom.dependencyManagement_.keySet().removeAll(dependencyManagement_.keySet());
-                        var resolved_dependencies = new LinkedHashSet<PomDependency>();
-                        for (var managed_dependency : imported_pom.dependencyManagement_.keySet()) {
-                            resolved_dependencies.add(imported_pom.resolveDependency(managed_dependency));
-                        }
-
-                        resolved_dependencies.removeAll(dependencyManagement_.keySet());
-                        for (var resolved_dependency : resolved_dependencies) {
-                            dependencyManagement_.put(resolved_dependency, resolved_dependency);
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        dependencyManagement_.put(dependency, dependency);
+                case "groupId" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfProject()) {
+                        addProjectProperty(qName);
+                    } else if (isChildOfParent() || isChildOfDependency()) {
+                        lastGroupId_ = getCharacterData();
+                    } else if (collectExclusions_ && isChildOfExclusion()) {
+                        lastExclusionGroupId_ = getCharacterData();
                     }
-                } else if (collectDependencies_) {
-                    dependencies_.add(dependency);
                 }
-                resetState();
-            }
-            case "groupId" -> {
-                if (isChildOfProject()) {
-                    addProjectProperty(qName);
-                } else if (isChildOfParent() || isChildOfDependency()) {
-                    lastGroupId_ = getCharacterData();
-                } else if (collectExclusions_ && isChildOfExclusion()) {
-                    lastExclusionGroupId_ = getCharacterData();
+                case "artifactId" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfProject()) {
+                        addProjectProperty(qName);
+                    } else if (isChildOfParent() || isChildOfDependency()) {
+                        lastArtifactId_ = getCharacterData();
+                    } else if (collectExclusions_ && isChildOfExclusion()) {
+                        lastExclusionArtifactId_ = getCharacterData();
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "artifactId" -> {
-                if (isChildOfProject()) {
-                    addProjectProperty(qName);
-                } else if (isChildOfParent() || isChildOfDependency()) {
-                    lastArtifactId_ = getCharacterData();
-                } else if (collectExclusions_ && isChildOfExclusion()) {
-                    lastExclusionArtifactId_ = getCharacterData();
+                case "version" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfProject()) {
+                        addProjectProperty(qName);
+                    } else if (isChildOfParent() || isChildOfDependency()) {
+                        lastVersion_ = getCharacterData();
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "version" -> {
-                if (isChildOfProject()) {
-                    addProjectProperty(qName);
-                } else if (isChildOfParent() || isChildOfDependency()) {
-                    lastVersion_ = getCharacterData();
+                case "type" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfDependency()) {
+                        lastType_ = getCharacterData();
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "type" -> {
-                if (isChildOfDependency()) {
-                    lastType_ = getCharacterData();
+                case "classifier" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfDependency()) {
+                        lastClassifier_ = getCharacterData();
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "classifier" -> {
-                if (isChildOfDependency()) {
-                    lastClassifier_ = getCharacterData();
+                case "scope" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfDependency()) {
+                        lastScope_ = getCharacterData();
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "scope" -> {
-                if (isChildOfDependency()) {
-                    lastScope_ = getCharacterData();
+                case "optional" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfDependency()) {
+                        lastOptional_ = getCharacterData();
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            case "optional" -> {
-                if (isChildOfDependency()) {
-                    lastOptional_ = getCharacterData();
-                }
-            }
-            case "packaging", "name", "description", "url", "inceptionYear" -> {
-                if (isChildOfProject()) {
-                    addProjectProperty(qName);
-                }
-            }
-            default -> {
-                if (collectProperties_) {
-                    mavenProperties_.put(qName, getCharacterData());
+                case "packaging", "name", "description", "url", "inceptionYear" -> {
+                    if (isChildOfProject()) {
+                        addProjectProperty(qName);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import rife.bld.BldVersion;
 import rife.bld.Project;
+import rife.bld.dependencies.VersionNumber;
 import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.OperationOptionException;
 import rife.bld.wrapper.Wrapper;
 import rife.template.TemplateFactory;
@@ -228,9 +229,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractCreateOperation<T extends AbstractCreateOperation<
                 build_template.setValue("groupId", dependency.groupId());
                 build_template.setValue("artifactId", dependency.artifactId());
                 var version = dependency.version();
-                var version_string = version.major() + "," + version.minor() + "," + version.revision();
-                if (!version.qualifier().isEmpty()) {
-                    version_string += ",\"" + version.qualifier() + "\"";
+                var version_string = "";
+                if (version instanceof VersionNumber versionNumber) {
+                    version_string = versionNumber.major() + "," + versionNumber.minor() + "," + versionNumber.revision();
+                    if (!version.qualifier().isEmpty()) {
+                        version_string += ",\"" + version.qualifier() + "\"";
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    version_string = "\"" + version.toString() + "\"";
                 }
                 build_template.setValue("version", version_string);
                 build_template.appendBlock("dependencies", "dependency");

src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java

@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ public class PublishOperation extends AbstractOperation<PublishOperation> {
      *
      * @param repository the repository to publish to
      * @param moment the timestamp at which the operation started executing
-     * @return the adapted version number with the snapshot timestamp and build number
+     * @return the adapted version with the snapshot timestamp and build number
      * @since 1.5.10
      */
-    protected VersionNumber executePublishSnapshotMetadata(Repository repository, ZonedDateTime moment) {
+    protected Version executePublishSnapshotMetadata(Repository repository, ZonedDateTime moment) {
         var metadata = new MetadataBuilder();
 
-        VersionNumber actual_version;
+        Version actual_version;
         if (repository.isLocal()) {
             actual_version = info().version();
             metadata.snapshotLocal();
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class PublishOperation extends AbstractOperation<PublishOperation> {
      * @param actualVersion the version that was potentially adapted if this is a snapshot
      * @since 1.5.10
      */
-    protected void executePublishArtifacts(Repository repository, VersionNumber actualVersion) {
+    protected void executePublishArtifacts(Repository repository, Version actualVersion) {
         // upload artifacts
         for (var artifact : artifacts()) {
             var artifact_name = new StringBuilder(info().artifactId()).append('-').append(actualVersion);
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class PublishOperation extends AbstractOperation<PublishOperation> {
      * @param actualVersion the version that was potentially adapted if this is a snapshot
      * @since 1.5.10
      */
-    protected void executePublishPom(Repository repository, VersionNumber actualVersion) {
+    protected void executePublishPom(Repository repository, Version actualVersion) {
         // generate and upload pom
         executePublishStringArtifact(
             repository,
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class PublishOperation extends AbstractOperation<PublishOperation> {
      * @since 1.5.8
      */
     protected void executePublishMetadata(Repository repository, ZonedDateTime moment) {
-        var current_versions = new ArrayList<VersionNumber>();
+        var current_versions = new ArrayList<Version>();
         var resolution = new VersionResolution(properties());
         var resolver = new DependencyResolver(resolution, artifactRetriever(), List.of(repository), new Dependency(info().groupId(), info().artifactId(), info().version()));
         try {

src/main/java/rife/bld/publish/MetadataBuilder.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 package rife.bld.publish;
 
+import rife.bld.dependencies.Version;
 import rife.bld.dependencies.VersionNumber;
 import rife.template.TemplateFactory;
 import rife.tools.StringUtils;
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public class MetadataBuilder {
 
     private PublishInfo info_ = null;
     private ZonedDateTime timestamp_ = null;
-    private final Set<VersionNumber> otherVersions_ = new HashSet<>();
+    private final Set<Version> otherVersions_ = new HashSet<>();
     private ZonedDateTime snapshotTimestamp_ = null;
     private Integer snapshotBuildNumber_ = null;
     private boolean snapshotLocal_ = false;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public class MetadataBuilder {
      * @return this {@code MetadataBuilder} instance
      * @since 1.5.8
      */
-    public MetadataBuilder otherVersions(Collection<VersionNumber> otherVersions) {
+    public MetadataBuilder otherVersions(Collection<Version> otherVersions) {
         otherVersions_.addAll(otherVersions);
         return this;
     }
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public class MetadataBuilder {
      * @return the other versions
      * @since 1.5.8
      */
-    public Set<VersionNumber> otherVersions() {
+    public Set<Version> otherVersions() {
         return otherVersions_;
     }
 

src/main/java/rife/bld/publish/PublishInfo.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 package rife.bld.publish;
 
+import rife.bld.dependencies.Version;
 import rife.bld.dependencies.VersionNumber;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class PublishInfo {
     private String groupId_ = null;
     private String artifactId_ = null;
-    private VersionNumber version_ = null;
+    private Version version_ = null;
     private String name_ = null;
     private String description_ = null;
     private String url_ = null;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public class PublishInfo {
      * @return this {@code PublishInfo} instance
      * @since 1.5.7
      */
-    public PublishInfo version(VersionNumber version) {
+    public PublishInfo version(Version version) {
         version_ = version;
         return this;
     }
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public class PublishInfo {
      * @return the project's version.
      * @since 1.5.7
      */
-    public VersionNumber version() {
+    public Version version() {
         return version_;
     }
 

src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/AbstractVersionTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2023 Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ */
+package rife.bld.dependencies;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
+
+abstract class AbstractVersionTest {
+    protected static final int X_LT_Y = -1;
+    protected static final int X_EQ_Y = 0;
+    protected static final int X_GT_Y = 1;
+
+    protected abstract Version newVersion(String version);
+
+    protected void assertOrder(int expected, String version1, String version2) {
+        Version v1 = newVersion(version1);
+        Version v2 = newVersion(version2);
+
+        if (expected > 0) {
+            assertEquals(1, Integer.signum(v1.compareTo(v2)), "expected " + v1 + " > " + v2);
+            assertEquals(-1, Integer.signum(v2.compareTo(v1)), "expected " + v2 + " < " + v1);
+            assertNotEquals(v1, v2, "expected " + v1 + " != " + v2);
+            assertNotEquals(v2, v1, "expected " + v2 + " != " + v1);
+        } else if (expected < 0) {
+            assertEquals(-1, Integer.signum(v1.compareTo(v2)), "expected " + v1 + " < " + v2);
+            assertEquals(1, Integer.signum(v2.compareTo(v1)), "expected " + v2 + " > " + v1);
+            assertNotEquals(v1, v2, "expected " + v1 + " != " + v2);
+            assertNotEquals(v2, v1, "expected " + v2 + " != " + v1);
+        } else {
+            assertEquals(0, v1.compareTo(v2), "expected " + v1 + " == " + v2);
+            assertEquals(0, v2.compareTo(v1), "expected " + v2 + " == " + v1);
+            assertEquals(v1, v2, "expected " + v1 + " == " + v2);
+            assertEquals(v2, v1, "expected " + v2 + " == " + v1);
+            assertEquals(v1.hashCode(), v2.hashCode(), "expected #(" + v1 + ") == #(" + v1 + ")");
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void assertSequence(String... versions) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < versions.length - 1; i++) {
+            for (int j = i + 1; j < versions.length; j++) {
+                assertOrder(X_LT_Y, versions[i], versions[j]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/TestDependencyResolver.java

@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ public class TestDependencyResolver {
         assertEquals(0, dependencies.size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testGetCompileDependenciesGoogleApi() {
+        var resolver = new DependencyResolver(VersionResolution.dummy(), ArtifactRetriever.instance(), List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS), new Dependency("com.google.apis", "google-api-services-youtube", new VersionGeneric("v3-rev20240514-2.0.0")));
+        var dependencies = resolver.getDirectDependencies(compile);
+        assertNotNull(dependencies);
+        assertEquals(1, dependencies.size());
+        assertEquals("""
+            com.google.api-client:google-api-client:2.5.0""", StringUtils.join(dependencies, "\n"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testGetCompileDependenciesJetty() {
         var resolver = new DependencyResolver(VersionResolution.dummy(), ArtifactRetriever.instance(), List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS), new Dependency("org.eclipse.jetty", "jetty-server", new VersionNumber(11, 0, 14)));
@@ -850,6 +860,72 @@ public class TestDependencyResolver {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testTransferDependencyGoogleApi()
+    throws Exception {
+        var resolver = new DependencyResolver(VersionResolution.dummy(), ArtifactRetriever.instance(), List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS), new Dependency("com.google.apis", "google-api-services-youtube", new VersionGeneric("v3-rev20240514-2.0.0")));
+        var tmp = Files.createTempDirectory("transfers").toFile();
+        try {
+            var result = resolver.getAllDependencies(compile).transferIntoDirectory(VersionResolution.dummy(), ArtifactRetriever.instance(), resolver.repositories(), tmp);
+            assertEquals("""
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/apis/google-api-services-youtube/v3-rev20240514-2.0.0/google-api-services-youtube-v3-rev20240514-2.0.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/api-client/google-api-client/2.5.0/google-api-client-2.5.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.17.0/commons-codec-1.17.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/oauth-client/google-oauth-client/1.35.0/google-oauth-client-1.35.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/auth/google-auth-library-credentials/1.23.0/google-auth-library-credentials-1.23.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/auth/google-auth-library-oauth2-http/1.23.0/google-auth-library-oauth2-http-1.23.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/http-client/google-http-client-gson/1.44.1/google-http-client-gson-1.44.1.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/guava/guava/33.2.0-jre/guava-33.2.0-jre.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/http-client/google-http-client-apache-v2/1.44.1/google-http-client-apache-v2-1.44.1.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.4.16/httpcore-4.4.16.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.5.14/httpclient-4.5.14.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/http-client/google-http-client/1.44.1/google-http-client-1.44.1.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/auto/value/auto-value-annotations/1.10.4/auto-value-annotations-1.10.4.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/code/findbugs/jsr305/3.0.2/jsr305-3.0.2.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/errorprone/error_prone_annotations/2.18.0/error_prone_annotations-2.18.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.10.1/gson-2.10.1.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/guava/failureaccess/1.0.2/failureaccess-1.0.2.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/guava/listenablefuture/9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava/listenablefuture-9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/checkerframework/checker-qual/3.42.0/checker-qual-3.42.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/j2objc/j2objc-annotations/3.0.0/j2objc-annotations-3.0.0.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.2/commons-logging-1.2.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/grpc/grpc-context/1.60.1/grpc-context-1.60.1.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/opencensus/opencensus-api/0.31.1/opencensus-api-0.31.1.jar
+                https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/:https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/opencensus/opencensus-contrib-http-util/0.31.1/opencensus-contrib-http-util-0.31.1.jar""", StringUtils.join(result, "\n"));
+
+            var files = FileUtils.getFileList(tmp);
+            assertEquals(24, files.size());
+            Collections.sort(files);
+            assertEquals("""
+                auto-value-annotations-1.10.4.jar
+                checker-qual-3.42.0.jar
+                commons-codec-1.17.0.jar
+                commons-logging-1.2.jar
+                error_prone_annotations-2.18.0.jar
+                failureaccess-1.0.2.jar
+                google-api-client-2.5.0.jar
+                google-api-services-youtube-v3-rev20240514-2.0.0.jar
+                google-auth-library-credentials-1.23.0.jar
+                google-auth-library-oauth2-http-1.23.0.jar
+                google-http-client-1.44.1.jar
+                google-http-client-apache-v2-1.44.1.jar
+                google-http-client-gson-1.44.1.jar
+                google-oauth-client-1.35.0.jar
+                grpc-context-1.60.1.jar
+                gson-2.10.1.jar
+                guava-33.2.0-jre.jar
+                httpclient-4.5.14.jar
+                httpcore-4.4.16.jar
+                j2objc-annotations-3.0.0.jar
+                jsr305-3.0.2.jar
+                listenablefuture-9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava.jar
+                opencensus-api-0.31.1.jar
+                opencensus-contrib-http-util-0.31.1.jar""", StringUtils.join(files, "\n"));
+        } finally {
+            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(tmp);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testTransferDependencyJettyOverriddenVersions()
     throws Exception {

src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/TestVersionGeneric.java

@@ -0,0 +1,585 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2024 Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ */
+package rife.bld.dependencies;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+// https://github.com/apache/maven-resolver/blob/98126539f3c66fc4ab50b178c2eb4b8fd169fd72/maven-resolver-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/version/VersionGenericTest.java
+public class TestVersionGeneric extends AbstractVersionTest {
+
+    protected Version newVersion(String version) {
+        return new VersionGeneric(version);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEmptyVersion() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "0", "");
+    }
+
+    // Block of tests from https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRESOLVER-336
+    @Test
+    void testTrimPadding() {
+        // 1.0.0 -> 1
+        List<VersionGeneric.Item> items = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 1),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0)));
+        assertEquals(3, items.size());
+        VersionGeneric.trimPadding(items);
+        assertEquals(1, items.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTrimPaddingNotNeededString() {
+        // 1.0.0.string -> 1.string
+        List<VersionGeneric.Item> items = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 1),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_STRING, "string")));
+        assertEquals(4, items.size());
+        VersionGeneric.trimPadding(items);
+        assertEquals(2, items.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTrimPaddingNeededQualifier() {
+        // 1.0.0.ga -> 1
+        List<VersionGeneric.Item> items = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 1),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, 0)));
+        assertEquals(4, items.size());
+        VersionGeneric.trimPadding(items);
+        assertEquals(1, items.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTrimPaddingNeededQualifierMixed() {
+        // 1.0.0.string.0.ga -> 1.string
+        List<VersionGeneric.Item> items = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 1),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_STRING, "string"),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, 0)));
+        assertEquals(6, items.size());
+        VersionGeneric.trimPadding(items);
+        assertEquals(2, items.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTrimPaddingNeededQualifierMixedInBetweenGa() {
+        // 1.0.ga.0.string.0.ga -> 1.ga.0.string
+        List<VersionGeneric.Item> items = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 1),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_STRING, "string"),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_INT, 0),
+            new VersionGeneric.Item(VersionGeneric.Item.KIND_QUALIFIER, 0)));
+        assertEquals(7, items.size());
+        VersionGeneric.trimPadding(items);
+        assertEquals(4, items.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEdgeCase_1_1() {
+        Version v1 = newVersion("0.0.0.ga.ga.foo");
+        Version v2 = newVersion("foo");
+        // they were equal in Resolver 1.x
+        assertNotEquals(v1, v2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEdgeCase_1_2() {
+        // as expected
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "ga.ga.foo", "foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEdgeCase_2_1() {
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "0.foo.1.2.3", "foo.1.2.3");
+        // they were equal in Resolver 1.x
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "0.foo", "foo");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.0-foo", "1-foo");
+        // but "foo" != "ga" (string > qualifier)
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.0-ga-foo", "1-foo");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.0-ga-foo", "1-ga-foo");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.0.final-foo", "1-foo");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.0.final-foo", "1-final-foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEdgeCase_2_2() {
+        Version v1 = newVersion("0.0.0.ga.ga.foo");
+        Version v2 = newVersion("foo");
+        Version v3 = newVersion("0.0.0.0.0.foo");
+        // they were equal in Resolver 1.x
+        assertNotEquals(v1, v2);
+        // they were equal in Resolver 1.x
+        assertNotEquals(v2, v3);
+        // but "0" != "ga"
+        assertNotEquals(v1, v3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEdgeCase_2_3() {
+        // 1.ga trimmed to 1 == 1.0.0.0.0.0...
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.ga", "1.0");
+        // ga.1 is not trimmed < 0.1 (as qualifier < number)
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "ga.1", "0.1");
+        // 1.ga.1 is not trimmed < 1.0.1 (as qualifier < number)
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.ga.1", "1.0.1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEdgeCase_2_4() {
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.final.1", "1.0.1.final");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testQualifier() {
+        String ver = "1.0.0";
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, ver + ".a1", ver + ".b1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, ver + ".b1", ver + ".m1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, ver + ".m1", ver + ".rc");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, ver + ".rc", ver + "-SNAPSHOT");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, ver + "-SNAPSHOT", ver);
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, ver + ".ga", ver + ".final");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, ver + ".final", ver + ".release");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, ver + ".final", ver + ".sp");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, ver, ver + ".sp");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTransition() {
+        VersionGeneric v;
+        v = (VersionGeneric) newVersion("1.0.0");
+        assertEquals(1, v.asItems().size()); // trailing zero padding trimmed
+        v = (VersionGeneric) newVersion("1.2.3");
+        assertEquals(3, v.asItems().size());
+        v = (VersionGeneric) newVersion("1a0");
+        assertEquals(2, v.asItems().size()); // trailing zero padding trimmed
+        v = (VersionGeneric) newVersion("1a2");
+        assertEquals(3, v.asItems().size()); // trailing zero padding trimmed
+    }
+
+    // End of https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRESOLVER-336
+
+    @Test
+    void testNumericOrdering() {
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "2", "10");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.2", "1.10");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.2", "1.0.10");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.0.2", "1.0.0.10");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.20101206.111434.1", "1.0.20101206.111435.1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.20101206.111434.2", "1.0.20101206.111434.10");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testDelimiters() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0", "1-0");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0", "1_0");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.a", "1a");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testLeadingZerosAreSemanticallyIrrelevant() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "01");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.2", "1.002");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.2.3", "1.2.0003");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.2.3.4", "1.2.3.00004");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTrailingZerosAreSemanticallyIrrelevant() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1.0-0.0-0.0-0.0-0.0-0.0-0.0");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1.0000000000000");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0", "1.0.0");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTrailingZerosBeforeQualifierAreSemanticallyIrrelevant() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0-ga", "1.0.0-ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.ga", "1.0.0.ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0ga", "1.0.0ga");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0-alpha", "1.0.0-alpha");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.alpha", "1.0.0.alpha");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0alpha", "1.0.0alpha");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0-alpha-snapshot", "1.0.0-alpha-snapshot");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.alpha.snapshot", "1.0.0.alpha.snapshot");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.x.0-alpha", "1.x.0.0-alpha");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.x.0.alpha", "1.x.0.0.alpha");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.x.0-alpha-snapshot", "1.x.0.0-alpha-snapshot");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.x.0.alpha.snapshot", "1.x.0.0.alpha.snapshot");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTrailingDelimitersAreSemanticallyIrrelevant() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1.............");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1-------------");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0", "1.............");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0", "1-------------");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInitialDelimiters() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "0.1", ".1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "0.0.1", "..1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "0.1", "-1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "0.0.1", "--1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testConsecutiveDelimiters() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.1", "1..1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.0.1", "1...1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.1", "1--1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0.0.1", "1---1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUnlimitedNumberOfVersionComponents() {
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.0.1.2.10", "1.0.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.0.1.2.3");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUnlimitedNumberOfDigitsInNumericComponent() {
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.1234567890123456789012345678901", "1.123456789012345678901234567891");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testTransitionFromDigitToLetterAndViceVersaIsEqualivantToDelimiter() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1alpha10", "1.alpha.10");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1alpha10", "1-alpha-10");
+
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.alpha10", "1.alpha2");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "10alpha", "1alpha");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testWellKnownQualifierOrdering() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1-alpha1", "1-a1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-alpha", "1-beta");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1-beta1", "1-b1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-beta", "1-milestone");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1-milestone1", "1-m1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-milestone", "1-rc");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1-rc", "1-cr");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-rc", "1-snapshot");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-snapshot", "1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1-ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1.ga.0.ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.0", "1-ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1-ga.ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1-ga-ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "A", "A.ga.ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "A", "A-ga-ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1-final");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1", "1-release");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1", "1-sp");
+
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "A.rc.1", "A.ga.1");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "A.sp.1", "A.ga.1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "A.rc.x", "A.ga.x");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "A.sp.x", "A.ga.x");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testWellKnownQualifierVersusUnknownQualifierOrdering() {
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1-alpha");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1-beta");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1-milestone");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1-rc");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1-snapshot");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1-sp");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testWellKnownSingleCharQualifiersOnlyRecognizedIfImmediatelyFollowedByNumber() {
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0a", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0-a", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0.a", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0b", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0-b", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0.b", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0m", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0-m", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0.m", "1.0");
+
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0a1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0-a1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.a1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0b1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0-b1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.b1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0m1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0-m1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.0.m1", "1.0");
+
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0a.1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0a-1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0b.1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0b-1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0m.1", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.0m-1", "1.0");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUnknownQualifierOrdering() {
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-abc", "1-abcd");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-abc", "1-bcd");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1-abc", "1-aac");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCaseInsensitiveOrderingOfQualifiers() {
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.alpha", "1.ALPHA");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.alpha", "1.Alpha");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.beta", "1.BETA");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.beta", "1.Beta");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.milestone", "1.MILESTONE");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.milestone", "1.Milestone");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.rc", "1.RC");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.rc", "1.Rc");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.cr", "1.CR");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.cr", "1.Cr");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.snapshot", "1.SNAPSHOT");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.snapshot", "1.Snapshot");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.ga", "1.GA");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.ga", "1.Ga");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.final", "1.FINAL");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.final", "1.Final");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.release", "1.RELEASE");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.release", "1.Release");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.sp", "1.SP");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.sp", "1.Sp");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.unknown", "1.UNKNOWN");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.unknown", "1.Unknown");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCaseInsensitiveOrderingOfQualifiersIsLocaleIndependent() {
+        Locale orig = Locale.getDefault();
+        try {
+            Locale[] locales = {Locale.ENGLISH, new Locale("tr")};
+            for (Locale locale : locales) {
+                Locale.setDefault(locale);
+                assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "1-ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
+            }
+        } finally {
+            Locale.setDefault(orig);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testQualifierVersusNumberOrdering() {
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-ga", "1-1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.ga", "1.1");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1-ga", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.ga", "1.0");
+
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-ga-1", "1-0-1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.ga.1", "1.0.1");
+
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.sp", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.sp", "1.1");
+
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-abc", "1-1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.abc", "1.1");
+
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1-xyz", "1-1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.xyz", "1.1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testVersionEvolution() {
+        assertSequence(
+            "0.9.9-SNAPSHOT",
+            "0.9.9",
+            "0.9.10-SNAPSHOT",
+            "0.9.10",
+            "1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0-alpha-2",
+            "1.0-alpha-10-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0-alpha-10",
+            "1.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0-beta-1",
+            "1.0-rc-1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0-rc-1",
+            "1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0",
+            "1.0-sp-1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0-sp-1",
+            "1.0.1-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0.1-alpha-1",
+            "1.0.1-beta-1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0.1-beta-1",
+            "1.0.1-rc-1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0.1-rc-1",
+            "1.0.1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.0.1",
+            "1.1-SNAPSHOT",
+            "1.1");
+
+        assertSequence("1.0-alpha", "1.0", "1.0-1");
+        assertSequence("1.0.alpha", "1.0", "1.0-1");
+        assertSequence("1.0-alpha", "1.0", "1.0.1");
+        assertSequence("1.0.alpha", "1.0", "1.0.1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMinimumSegment() {
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.min", "1.0-alpha-1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.min", "1.0-SNAPSHOT");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.min", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.min", "1.9999999999");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.min", "1.MIN");
+
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.min", "0.99999");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.min", "0.max");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMaximumSegment() {
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.max", "1.0-alpha-1");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.max", "1.0-SNAPSHOT");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.max", "1.0");
+        assertOrder(X_GT_Y, "1.max", "1.9999999999");
+
+        assertOrder(X_EQ_Y, "1.max", "1.MAX");
+
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.max", "2.0-alpha-1");
+        assertOrder(X_LT_Y, "1.max", "2.min");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * UT for <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRESOLVER-314">MRESOLVER-314</a>.
+     *
+     * Generates random UUID string based versions and tries to sort them. While this test is not as reliable
+     * as {@link #testCompareUuidVersionStringStream()}, it covers broader range and in case it fails it records
+     * the failed array, so we can investigate more.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testCompareUuidRandom() {
+        for (int j = 0; j < 32; j++) {
+            ArrayList<Version> versions = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+                versions.add(newVersion(UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
+            }
+            try {
+                Collections.sort(versions);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace(System.err);
+                System.err.println("The UUIDs used");
+                System.err.println(versions.stream().map(Version::toString).collect(Collectors.joining("\n")));
+                fail("unexpected exception");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * UT for <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRESOLVER-314">MRESOLVER-314</a>.
+     *
+     * Works on known set that failed before fix, provided by {@link #uuidVersionStringStream()}.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testCompareUuidVersionStringStream() {
+        // this operation below fails with IAEx if comparison is unstable
+        uuidVersionStringStream().map(this::newVersion).sorted().collect(toList());
+    }
+
+    private Stream<String> uuidVersionStringStream() {
+        return Stream.of(
+            "e3f6b227-e09d-4461-a030-b8c1755834f7",
+            "dfdf5e15-b047-4fee-94e5-3ddf6fe90a0c",
+            "bcc15412-6817-4b64-acef-169d048626f6",
+            "76093f07-ab1c-4cdd-ae92-9bb500ceed84",
+            "7ca8dc9f-4e73-459b-8f30-06aa7972f486",
+            "93fee46b-2715-4abd-877a-4197eb8601aa",
+            "0379da36-84ee-4d06-9388-83d3aa6536b5",
+            "4bb2c7a8-cf68-4ca5-8024-72dc93506da9",
+            "9dcc4cd1-34d2-4499-8dab-3ef8bca9680d",
+            "ea53d552-83ab-4f7d-852d-98951201083d",
+            "0bc420d2-4089-468b-bc54-0a4e2835feed",
+            "318d2433-fe40-4f28-9f3a-4e3d66d9b5fb",
+            "447b456c-81a4-4f24-9d2e-e5091c39cd19",
+            "85741f6e-26fe-40d0-a73a-283315409ab2",
+            "3165b9b2-9f8e-4117-ac70-87056eb45745",
+            "9d534bf3-a3b0-4a19-9809-670934c10752",
+            "86d78bba-d84e-4349-aea6-850721e78188",
+            "06392b8c-e26c-4a83-8ec2-085415bc513d",
+            "1fb13754-90be-42cb-bc7f-9b9211494e92",
+            "3018965c-3330-402a-8075-caa7613ec4fa",
+            "7ecc912b-4938-4411-895e-8ca7cf22ce02",
+            "6580ada2-4764-45a2-9789-98217d7cf5b6",
+            "be9d0de4-4ba7-4fdd-8f76-cb579168c549",
+            "7a8236d6-6bec-4176-b6a1-f869c02183c3",
+            "089f4195-881c-4f9e-8bc1-124531dee977",
+            "46ffda62-768a-4864-9581-cc75eafe1a67",
+            "1d6226f6-dacc-42a9-bd88-7aab1f59df74",
+            "0948ed55-c25e-4319-9801-5f817bac09b5",
+            "2fd52f5e-b856-47ad-9e58-45c1d0ba437b",
+            "6c325bd0-ac6b-4391-a5c5-caa160972fa2",
+            "d213f6be-f56b-42d2-abda-4300742e0add",
+            "efaae115-cc21-4b2e-a150-fb4e0d807736",
+            "30f872e8-9cb5-4b22-b65c-6819ca7a14ba",
+            "d8e5fb54-6e90-4f74-adb3-451abfbe76a8",
+            "b47d62b8-9256-47a1-8e21-21ba9639c212",
+            "b25da555-e1f7-4bc5-92fe-4c895d9c70d8",
+            "088f0de7-5973-4c10-a7ff-9f3cd7718572",
+            "b161de76-e5d5-4224-883b-a749b147d63d",
+            "19b7de96-09fa-4276-843d-c0fbdaf07767",
+            "e0503f73-33fd-4f9c-812f-8cae3a128c28",
+            "b8c57488-a42c-43ed-bfb9-acd112d6b68f",
+            "25997299-0825-4c9b-b0ed-75f935c63fd7",
+            "2b2e2fcd-3988-45af-855b-7646c0cdbfb5",
+            "4e6e16b9-2ae4-4593-b907-1febaf3988dc",
+            "ac8bd519-7fd4-4b85-8154-9dbb87f6cd4f",
+            "61473b39-b620-468b-abcf-16fe6adfd5cb",
+            "18e7a548-3f0b-492b-bc19-dce3eec736fa",
+            "c4d82839-3c46-4eff-b10c-ec0b5bcc600b",
+            "48f6e90f-924b-4859-9763-3ffe661f5af6",
+            "48852d79-ba23-475e-b675-a413b989a2a7",
+            "f7ee0915-ff00-4404-9e9a-6e753d5ff767",
+            "d6462359-a4e2-45ab-aedc-3b1849b0e6ca",
+            "e66228de-d1ed-4973-a108-c181d5059fdb",
+            "d49672a7-177d-475d-aad0-aab0ff4a11b7",
+            "bfa9337a-0489-4cba-b2db-e0d9d2424e4f",
+            "dc9bbe34-3c54-4c0f-a3cd-00e96604ae23",
+            "a8119cf1-9694-4b24-923a-3fc729b5f809",
+            "5d29cf45-3b9c-4697-85b8-86c81c6ec0c9",
+            "e3dcb4c2-a867-40f7-a3b1-fb1058a041e5",
+            "ae240754-2ea2-409a-a92c-648fc7a7b70b",
+            "8c187383-d59b-4e49-8dfd-98aa5f01925a",
+            "9b100ee6-71ed-4746-92c2-b5fb02af7ebd",
+            "f95e94f7-2443-4b2f-a10d-059d8d224dd9",
+            "b558af80-78bc-43c7-b916-d635a23cc4b5");
+    }
+}

src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/TestVersionNumber.java

@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@ public class TestVersionNumber {
     void testInvalidParsed() {
         assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse(null), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
         assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse(""), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("foo"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1."), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1.2.3-"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("."), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("_"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("-"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse(".1"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("a.1"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1_2"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
-        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1_2_2"), VersionNumber.UNKNOWN);
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("foo"), new VersionGeneric("foo"));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1."), new VersionGeneric("1."));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1.2.3-"), new VersionGeneric("1.2.3-"));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("."), new VersionGeneric("."));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("_"), new VersionGeneric("_"));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("-"), new VersionGeneric("-"));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse(".1"), new VersionGeneric(".1"));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("a.1"), new VersionGeneric("a.1"));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1_2"), new VersionGeneric("1_2"));
+        assertEquals(VersionNumber.parse("1_2_2"), new VersionGeneric("1_2_2"));
     }
 
     @Test