Overview

• Introduction
• Javadocs
• Source Xref

Descriptors Reference

• POM
• Settings
• Toolchains

Reference

• Lifecycles
• Plugin Bindings to Default Lifecycle
• Artifact Handlers
• CLI options
• Super POM

Development

• Maven Developer Centre
• Maven Core ITs

Project Documentation

• Project Information
  • About
  • Summary
  • Dependency Information
  • Team
  • Source Code Management
  • Issue Management
  • Mailing Lists
  • Dependency Management
  • Dependencies
  • Dependency Convergence
  • CI Management
  • Plugin Management
  • Plugins
  • Distribution Management
• Project Reports

Maven Artifact

Maven Artifact classes, providing Artifact interface (javadoc), with its DefaultArtifact implementation (source).

The jar file is executable and provides a little tool to display how Maven parses and compares versions:

$ java -jar maven-artifact-*.jar 3.2.4-alpha-1 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT 3.2.4.0
Display parameters as parsed by Maven (in canonical form) and comparison result:
1. 3.2.4-alpha-1 == 3.2.4.alpha.1
   3.2.4-alpha-1 < 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT
2. 3.2.4-SNAPSHOT == 3.2.4.snapshot
   3.2.4-SNAPSHOT < 3.2.4.0
3. 3.2.4.0 == 3.2.4

Useful entry points

• artifact version comparison javadoc,
• version range.