package org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning;

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 /**

  * Describes an artifact version in terms of its components, converts it to/from a string and

  * compares two versions.

  *

  * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>

  * @version $Id: ArtifactVersion.java 640549 2008-03-24 20:05:11Z bentmann $

  */

 public interface ArtifactVersion

     extends Comparable

 {

     int getMajorVersion();

     int getMinorVersion();

     int getIncrementalVersion();

     int getBuildNumber();

     String getQualifier();

     void parseVersion( String version );

 }