Task

Your task is to implement the missing methods in the class Version (also note that there may be some methods needed that have no definition now).

Specification

The class Version represents a version. A version has the format X[.Y[.Z]].

Each part (X, Y, Z) is a natural number.

The first part (X) is mandatory.

The second part (Y) can be omitted if it is 0 and the third part (Z) is also omitted.

The third part (Z) can be omitted if it is 0.

The toString() method must return a String that can be parsed again and represents the same version as parsed (the equals() method must return true and the compareTo() method must return 0).

Two versions are considered equal if all three parts are the equal (missing parts are considered as 0).

When comparing two versions the parts are compared in order (first X then Y and then Z). If a part differs then an according result must be returned by compareTo().

If the method parse cannot handle the supplied String the an IllegalArgumentException must be thrown.

Examples

Some examples of comparisons of two versions:

• 1 == 1.0
• 1 == 1.0.0
• 1.0.0 < 1.0.1
• 1.0.0 < 1.1
• 1.0 < 2.0
• 1.2 < 2.0

Support

To support you with implementing the methods there are unit tests in VersionTest. The unit tests are disabled at the start. To use them you have to enable them.

Further Challenges

A similar exercise with further challenges can be found in Advanced Version.

Development Requirements

To perform this exercise you need a JDK 8 and Maven 3.3.x.