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package org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.strategy;
/**
* Compares version selectors against candidate versions, indicating whether they match or not.
*
*/
public interface VersionSelectorScheme {
/**
* Returns an appropriate {@link VersionSelector} for the given selector string.
*
* @param selectorString - the string representation of the selector
* @return the {@link VersionSelector}
*/
VersionSelector parseSelector(String selectorString);
/**
* Renders a {@link VersionSelector} to a selector string.
*/
String renderSelector(VersionSelector selector);
}