Efficient way to compare version strings in Java [duplicate]

Answer 1

Requires commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar for string operations.

/**
 * Compares two version strings. 
 * 
 * Use this instead of String.compareTo() for a non-lexicographical 
 * comparison that works for version strings. e.g. "1.10".compareTo("1.6").
 * 
 * @param v1 a string of alpha numerals separated by decimal points. 
 * @param v2 a string of alpha numerals separated by decimal points.
 * @return The result is 1 if v1 is greater than v2. 
 *         The result is 2 if v2 is greater than v1. 
 *         The result is -1 if the version format is unrecognized. 
 *         The result is zero if the strings are equal.
 */

public int VersionCompare(String v1,String v2)
{
    int v1Len=StringUtils.countMatches(v1,".");
    int v2Len=StringUtils.countMatches(v2,".");

    if(v1Len!=v2Len)
    {
        int count=Math.abs(v1Len-v2Len);
        if(v1Len>v2Len)
            for(int i=1;i<=count;i++)
                v2+=".0";
        else
            for(int i=1;i<=count;i++)
                v1+=".0";
    }

    if(v1.equals(v2))
        return 0;

    String[] v1Str=StringUtils.split(v1, ".");
    String[] v2Str=StringUtils.split(v2, ".");
    for(int i=0;inum2)
                    return 1;
                else
                    return 2;
            }
    }
    return -1;
}