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+# Upgrades the version numbers as reported in pom files
+
+parameters:
+  # Versioning parameters
+  - name: 'semver'
+    type: string
+    values:
+      - major
+      - minor
+      - patch
+      - buildNumber
+      - skip
+
+steps:
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.semver, 'patch') }}:
+      - task: Maven@3
+        inputs:
+          mavenPomFile: "pom.xml"
+          goals: 'build-helper:parse-version versions:set'
+          options: '-DnewVersion=${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.nextIncrementalVersion}'
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.semver, 'minor') }}:
+      - task: Maven@3
+        inputs:
+          mavenPomFile: "pom.xml"
+          goals: 'build-helper:parse-version versions:set'
+          options: '-DnewVersion=${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.nextMinorVersion}.0'
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.semver, 'major') }}:
+      - task: Maven@3
+        inputs:
+          mavenPomFile: "pom.xml"
+          goals: 'build-helper:parse-version versions:set'
+          options: '-DnewVersion=${parsedVersion.nextMajorVersion}.0.0'
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.semver, 'buildNumber') }}:
+      - task: Maven@3
+        inputs:
+          mavenPomFile: "pom.xml"
+          goals: 'build-helper:parse-version versions:set'
+          options: '-DnewVersion=${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.incrementalVersion}-${parsedVersion.nextBuildNumber}'