1 package org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning; 2 3 /* 4 * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 */ 18 19 /** 20 * Describes an artifact version in terms of its components, converts it to/from a string and 21 * compares two versions. 22 * 23 * @author <a HREF="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a> 24 * @version $Id$ 25 */ 26 public interface ArtifactVersion 27 extends Comparable 28 { 29 int getMajorVersion(); 30 31 int getMinorVersion(); 32 33 int getIncrementalVersion(); 34 35 int getBuildNumber(); 36 37 String getQualifier(); 38 39 void parseVersion( String version ); 40 } 41