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package com.jogamp.common.util;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
/**
* Simple version number class containing a version number
* either being {@link #VersionNumber(int, int, int) defined explicit}
* or {@link #VersionNumber(String, String) derived from a string}.
*
* For the latter case, you can query whether a component has been defined explicitly by the given versionString,
* via {@link #hasMajor()}, {@link #hasMinor()} and {@link #hasSub()}.
*
*
* The state whether a component is defined explicitly is not considered
* in the {@link #hashCode()}, {@link #equals(Object)} or {@link #compareTo(Object)} methods,
* since the version number itself is treated regardless.
*
*/
public class VersionNumber implements Comparable