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19  package org.apache.maven.api;
20  
21  import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
22  import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
23  import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;
24  
25  /**
26   * Version constraint for dependency. Constraint is either a range ("[1,2)") or recommended version ("1.0").
27   *
28   * @since 4.0.0
29   */
30  @Experimental
31  public interface VersionConstraint {
32      /**
33       * Returns the range of this constraint, or {@code null} if none.
34       * <p>
35       * Note: only one, this method or {@link #getRecommendedVersion()} method must return non-{@code null} value.
36       */
37      @Nullable
38      VersionRange getVersionRange();
39  
40      /**
41       * Returns the recommended version of this constraint, or {@code null} if none.
42       * <p>
43       * Note: only one, this method or {@link #getVersionRange()} method must return non-{@code null} value.
44       */
45      @Nullable
46      Version getRecommendedVersion();
47  
48      /**
49       * Determines whether the specified version is contained within this constraint.
50       *
51       * @param version the version to test, must not be {@code null}
52       * @return {@code true} if this range contains the specified version, {@code false} otherwise
53       */
54      boolean contains(@Nonnull Version version);
55  
56      /**
57       * Returns a string representation of this version constraint
58       * @return the string representation of this version constraint
59       */
60      @Nonnull
61      String asString();
62  }