# Package org.apache.ivy.plugins.version

Interface Summary
Interface | Description
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VersionMatcher | This interface defines a version matcher, i.e. a class able to tell if the revision asked by a module for a dependency is dynamic (i.e. need to find all revisions to find the good one among them) and if a found revision matches the asked one.

Class Summary
Class | Description
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AbstractVersionMatcher |
ChainVersionMatcher | An implementation of `VersionMatcher` chaining several version matchers, and implemeting the `VersionMatcher` interface by returning results from the first matcher in the chain accepting the version.
ExactVersionMatcher |
LatestVersionMatcher |
Match |
PatternVersionMatcher |
SubVersionMatcher |

VersionRangeMatcher

Matches version ranges: [1.0,2.0] matches all versions greater or equal to 1.0 and lower or equal to 2.0 [1.0,2.0[ matches all versions greater or equal to 1.0 and lower than 2.0 ]1.0,2.0] matches all versions greater than 1.0 and lower or equal to 2.0 ]1.0,2.0[ matches all versions greater than 1.0 and lower than 2.0 [1.0,) matches all versions greater or equal to 1.0 ]1.0,) matches all versions greater than 1.0 (,2.0] matches all versions lower or equal to 2.0 (,2.0[ matches all versions lower than 2.0 This class uses a latest strategy to compare revisions.