ComparableVersion

java.lang.Object
- aQute.bnd.version.maven.ComparableVersion

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<ComparableVersion>
```
public class ComparableVersion
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<ComparableVersion>
```
Generic implementation of version comparison.
Features:
- mixing of '-' (hyphen) and '.' (dot) separators,
- transition between characters and digits also constitutes a separator: 1.0alpha1 => [1, 0, alpha, 1]
- unlimited number of version components,
- version components in the text can be digits or strings,
- strings are checked for well-known qualifiers and the qualifier ordering is used for version ordering. Well-known qualifiers (case insensitive) are:
  - alpha or a
  - beta or b
  - milestone or m
  - rc or cr
  - snapshot
  - (the empty string) or ga or final
  - sp
  Unknown qualifiers are considered after known qualifiers, with lexical order (always case insensitive),
- a hyphen usually precedes a qualifier, and is always less important than something preceded with a dot.
Author:

Kenney Westerhof, Hervé Boutemy

See Also:

"Versioning" on Maven Wiki

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ComparableVersion(java.lang.String version)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compareTo(ComparableVersion o)`
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object o)`
`java.lang.String`	`getCanonical()`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`void`	`parseVersion(java.lang.String version)`
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ComparableVersion

public ComparableVersion(java.lang.String version)

Method Detail
- parseVersion
```
public final void parseVersion(java.lang.String version)
```
- compareTo
```
public int compareTo(ComparableVersion o)
```
  Specified by:
  
  compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<ComparableVersion>
- toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class java.lang.Object
- getCanonical
```
public java.lang.String getCanonical()
```
- equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)
```
  Overrides:
  
  equals in class java.lang.Object
- hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
  Overrides:
  
  hashCode in class java.lang.Object