Semver4j

Semver4j is a lightweight Java library that helps you handling versions. It follows the rules of the semantic versioning specification and provides several versioning modes: strict, NPM, CocoaPods...

Installation

Add the dependency to your project:

Using maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.vdurmont</groupId>
  <artifactId>semver4j</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Using gradle

compile 'com.vdurmont:semver4j:3.1.0'

Usage

What is a version?

In Semver4j, a version looks like: 1.2.3-beta.4+sha899d8g79f87.

• 1 is the major part (required)
• 2 is the minor part (required in strict mode)
• 3 is the patch part (required in strict mode)
• beta and 4 are the version suffixes (optional)
• sha899d8g79f87 is the build information (optional)

The Semver object

You can create a version by using one of the 2 constructors:

Semver sem1 = new Semver("1.2.3-beta.4+sha899d8g79f87"); // Defaults to STRICT mode
Semver sem2 = new Semver("1.2.3-beta.4+sha899d8g79f87", SemverType.NPM); // Specify the mode

If the version is invalid, a SemverException will be thrown.
You can access the different parts of the version using getMajor(), getMinor(), getPatch(), getSuffixTokens() or getBuild().

Type	Mandatory	Optional
STRICT	major, minor, patch	suffix, build
LOOSE	major	minor, patch, suffix, build
NPM	major	minor, patch, suffix, build
COCOAPODS	major	minor, patch, suffix, build

Is the version stable?

You can check if you're working with a stable version by using Semver#isStable().

A version is stable if its major number is strictly positive and it has no suffix.

Examples:

// TRUE
new Semver("1.2.3").isStable();
new Semver("1.2.3+sHa.0nSFGKjkjsdf").isStable();

// FALSE
new Semver("0.1.2").isStable());
new Semver("0.1.2+sHa.0nSFGKjkjsdf").isStable();
new Semver("1.2.3-BETA.11+sHa.0nSFGKjkjsdf").isStable();

Comparing the versions

• isGreaterThan returns true if the version is strictly greater than the other one.

Semver sem = new Semver("1.2.3");
sem.isGreaterThan("1.2.2"); // true
sem.isGreaterThan("1.2.4"); // false
sem.isGreaterThan("1.2.3"); // false

• isLowerThan returns true if the version is strictly lower than the other one.

Semver sem = new Semver("1.2.3");
sem.isLowerThan("1.2.2"); // false
sem.isLowerThan("1.2.4"); // true
sem.isLowerThan("1.2.3"); // false

• isEqualTo returns true if the versions are exactly the same.

Semver sem = new Semver("1.2.3+sha123456789");
sem.isEqualTo("1.2.3+sha123456789"); // true
sem.isEqualTo("1.2.3+shaABCDEFGHI"); // false

• isEquivalentTo returns true if the versions are the same (does not take the build information into account).

Semver sem = new Semver("1.2.3+sha123456789");
sem.isEquivalentTo("1.2.3+sha123456789"); // true
sem.isEquivalentTo("1.2.3+shaABCDEFGHI"); // true

Versions diffs

If you want to know what is the main difference between 2 versions, use the diff method. It will return a VersionDiff enum value among: NONE, MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH, SUFFIX, BUILD. It will always return the biggest difference.

Semver sem = new Semver("1.2.3-beta.4+sha899d8g79f87");
sem.diff("1.2.3-beta.4+sha899d8g79f87"); // NONE
sem.diff("2.3.4-alpha.5+sha32iddfu987"); // MAJOR
sem.diff("1.3.4-alpha.5+sha32iddfu987"); // MINOR
sem.diff("1.2.4-alpha.5+sha32iddfu987"); // PATCH
sem.diff("1.2.3-alpha.5+sha32iddfu987"); // SUFFIX
sem.diff("1.2.3-beta.4+sha32iddfu987"); // BUILD

Requirements

If you want to check if a version satisfies a requirement, use the satisfies method.

• In STRICT and LOOSE modes, the requirement can only be another version.
• In NPM mode, the requirement follows NPM versioning rules.

// STRICT mode
Semver semStrict = new Semver("1.2.3", SemverType.STRICT);
semStrict.satisfies("1.2.3"); // true
semStrict.satisfies("1.2.2"); // false
semStrict.satisfies("1.2.4"); // false
semStrict.satisfies(">1.2.2"); // SemverException, incompatible requirement for a STRICT mode

// NPM mode (those are just examples, check NPM documentation to see all the cases)
Semver semNPM = new Semver("1.2.3", SemverType.NPM);
semNPM.satisfies(">1.2.2"); // true
semNPM.satisfies("1.1.1 || 1.2.3 - 2.0.0"); // true
semNPM.satisfies("1.1.*"); // false
semNPM.satisfies("~1.2.1"); // true
semNPM.satisfies("^1.1.1"); // true

// COCOAPODS mode (those are just examples, check CocoaPods documentation to see all the cases)
Semver semPOD = new Semver("1.2.3", SemverType.COCOAPODS);
semPOD.satisfies("> 1.2.2"); // true
semPOD.satisfies("~> 1.2.1"); // true
semPOD.satisfies("<= 1.1.1"); // false

// IVY mode (those are just examples, check Ivy/gradle documentation to see all the cases)
Semver semIVY = new Semver("1.2.3", SemverType.IVY);
semIVY.satisfies("1.2.+"); // true
semIVY.satisfies("(,1.8.9]"); // true
semIVY.satisfies("[0.2,1.4]"); // true

Modifying the version

The Semver object is immutable. However, it provides a set of methods that will help you create new versions:

• withIncMajor() and withIncMajor(int increment) returns a Semver object with the major part incremented
• withIncMinor() and withIncMinor(int increment) returns a Semver object with the minor part incremented
• withIncPatch() and withIncPatch(int increment) returns a Semver object with the patch part incremented
• withClearedSuffix() returns a Semver object with no suffix
• withClearedBuild() returns a Semver object with no build information

You can also use built-in versioning methods such as:

• nextMajor(): 1.2.3-beta.4+sha32iddfu987 => 2.0.0
• nextMinor(): 1.2.3-beta.4+sha32iddfu987 => 1.3.0
• nextPatch(): 1.2.3-beta.4+sha32iddfu987 => 1.2.4

Contributing

Any pull request or bug report is welcome!
If you have any suggestion about new features, you can open an issue.