最好的方法是重用现有代码， 使用Maven的ComparableVersion类

优点:

Apache许可证，版本2.0， 测试, 在多个项目中使用(复制)，如spring-security-core, jboss等 多个特性 它已经是java.lang。可比的了 只是复制粘贴一个类，没有第三方依赖

不要包含对maven-artifact的依赖项，因为那会拉动各种传递依赖项

public static void main(String[] args) {

    String version1 = "1.0";
    String version2 = "1.0.0";
    String[] version1_splits = version1.split("\\.");
    String[] version2_splits = version2.split("\\.");
    int length = version1_splits.length >= version2_splits.length ? version1_splits.length : version2_splits.length;
    int i=0;
    for(;i<length;i++){
        int version1_int = getValue(version1_splits,i);
        int version2_int = getValue(version2_splits,i);
        if(version1_int > version2_int){
            System.out.println("version1 > version2");
            break;
        }
        else if(version1_int < version2_int){
            System.out.println("version2 > version1");
            break;
        }
        else{
            if(i == length-1)
            System.out.println("version1 = version2");
        }
    }
}

private static int getValue(String[] version1_splits, int i) {
    int temp;
    try{
        temp = Integer.valueOf(version1_splits[i]);
    }
    catch(IndexOutOfBoundsException e){
        temp=0;
    }

    return temp;
}

这篇旧文章的另一个解决方案(对那些可能有帮助的人来说):

public class Version implements Comparable<Version> {

    private String version;

    public final String get() {
        return this.version;
    }

    public Version(String version) {
        if(version == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Version can not be null");
        if(!version.matches("[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)*"))
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid version format");
        this.version = version;
    }

    @Override public int compareTo(Version that) {
        if(that == null)
            return 1;
        String[] thisParts = this.get().split("\\.");
        String[] thatParts = that.get().split("\\.");
        int length = Math.max(thisParts.length, thatParts.length);
        for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            int thisPart = i < thisParts.length ?
                Integer.parseInt(thisParts[i]) : 0;
            int thatPart = i < thatParts.length ?
                Integer.parseInt(thatParts[i]) : 0;
            if(thisPart < thatPart)
                return -1;
            if(thisPart > thatPart)
                return 1;
        }
        return 0;
    }

    @Override public boolean equals(Object that) {
        if(this == that)
            return true;
        if(that == null)
            return false;
        if(this.getClass() != that.getClass())
            return false;
        return this.compareTo((Version) that) == 0;
    }

}

Version a = new Version("1.1");
Version b = new Version("1.1.1");
a.compareTo(b) // return -1 (a<b)
a.equals(b)    // return false

Version a = new Version("2.0");
Version b = new Version("1.9.9");
a.compareTo(b) // return 1 (a>b)
a.equals(b)    // return false

Version a = new Version("1.0");
Version b = new Version("1");
a.compareTo(b) // return 0 (a=b)
a.equals(b)    // return true

Version a = new Version("1");
Version b = null;
a.compareTo(b) // return 1 (a>b)
a.equals(b)    // return false

List<Version> versions = new ArrayList<Version>();
versions.add(new Version("2"));
versions.add(new Version("1.0.5"));
versions.add(new Version("1.01.0"));
versions.add(new Version("1.00.1"));
Collections.min(versions).get() // return min version
Collections.max(versions).get() // return max version

// WARNING
Version a = new Version("2.06");
Version b = new Version("2.060");
a.equals(b)    // return false

编辑:

@daiscog:谢谢你的评论，这段代码是为Android平台开发的，由谷歌推荐，方法“匹配”检查整个字符串，不像Java使用监管模式。(Android文档- JAVA文档)

下面是一个优化的实现:

public static final Comparator<CharSequence> VERSION_ORDER = new Comparator<CharSequence>() {

  @Override
  public int compare (CharSequence lhs, CharSequence rhs) {
    int ll = lhs.length(), rl = rhs.length(), lv = 0, rv = 0, li = 0, ri = 0;
    char c;
    do {
      lv = rv = 0;
      while (--ll >= 0) {
        c = lhs.charAt(li++);
        if (c < '0' || c > '9')
          break;
        lv = lv*10 + c - '0';
      }
      while (--rl >= 0) {
        c = rhs.charAt(ri++);
        if (c < '0' || c > '9')
          break;
        rv = rv*10 + c - '0';
      }
    } while (lv == rv && (ll >= 0 || rl >= 0));
    return lv - rv;
  }

};

结果:

"0.1" - "1.0" = -1
"1.0" - "1.0" = 0
"1.0" - "1.0.0" = 0
"10" - "1.0" = 9
"3.7.6" - "3.7.11" = -5
"foobar" - "1.0" = -1

// VersionComparator.java
import java.util.Comparator;

public class VersionComparator implements Comparator {

    public boolean equals(Object o1, Object o2) {
        return compare(o1, o2) == 0;
    }

    public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
        String version1 = (String) o1;
        String version2 = (String) o2;

        VersionTokenizer tokenizer1 = new VersionTokenizer(version1);
        VersionTokenizer tokenizer2 = new VersionTokenizer(version2);

        int number1 = 0, number2 = 0;
        String suffix1 = "", suffix2 = "";

        while (tokenizer1.MoveNext()) {
            if (!tokenizer2.MoveNext()) {
                do {
                    number1 = tokenizer1.getNumber();
                    suffix1 = tokenizer1.getSuffix();
                    if (number1 != 0 || suffix1.length() != 0) {
                        // Version one is longer than number two, and non-zero
                        return 1;
                    }
                }
                while (tokenizer1.MoveNext());

                // Version one is longer than version two, but zero
                return 0;
            }

            number1 = tokenizer1.getNumber();
            suffix1 = tokenizer1.getSuffix();
            number2 = tokenizer2.getNumber();
            suffix2 = tokenizer2.getSuffix();

            if (number1 < number2) {
                // Number one is less than number two
                return -1;
            }
            if (number1 > number2) {
                // Number one is greater than number two
                return 1;
            }

            boolean empty1 = suffix1.length() == 0;
            boolean empty2 = suffix2.length() == 0;

            if (empty1 && empty2) continue; // No suffixes
            if (empty1) return 1; // First suffix is empty (1.2 > 1.2b)
            if (empty2) return -1; // Second suffix is empty (1.2a < 1.2)

            // Lexical comparison of suffixes
            int result = suffix1.compareTo(suffix2);
            if (result != 0) return result;

        }
        if (tokenizer2.MoveNext()) {
            do {
                number2 = tokenizer2.getNumber();
                suffix2 = tokenizer2.getSuffix();
                if (number2 != 0 || suffix2.length() != 0) {
                    // Version one is longer than version two, and non-zero
                    return -1;
                }
            }
            while (tokenizer2.MoveNext());

            // Version two is longer than version one, but zero
            return 0;
        }
        return 0;
    }
}

// VersionTokenizer.java
public class VersionTokenizer {
    private final String _versionString;
    private final int _length;

    private int _position;
    private int _number;
    private String _suffix;
    private boolean _hasValue;

    public int getNumber() {
        return _number;
    }

    public String getSuffix() {
        return _suffix;
    }

    public boolean hasValue() {
        return _hasValue;
    }

    public VersionTokenizer(String versionString) {
        if (versionString == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("versionString is null");

        _versionString = versionString;
        _length = versionString.length();
    }

    public boolean MoveNext() {
        _number = 0;
        _suffix = "";
        _hasValue = false;

        // No more characters
        if (_position >= _length)
            return false;

        _hasValue = true;

        while (_position < _length) {
            char c = _versionString.charAt(_position);
            if (c < '0' || c > '9') break;
            _number = _number * 10 + (c - '0');
            _position++;
        }

        int suffixStart = _position;

        while (_position < _length) {
            char c = _versionString.charAt(_position);
            if (c == '.') break;
            _position++;
        }

        _suffix = _versionString.substring(suffixStart, _position);

        if (_position < _length) _position++;

        return true;
    }
}

例子:

public class Main
{
    private static VersionComparator cmp;

    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        cmp = new VersionComparator();
        Test(new String[]{"1.1.2", "1.2", "1.2.0", "1.2.1", "1.12"});
        Test(new String[]{"1.3", "1.3a", "1.3b", "1.3-SNAPSHOT"});
    }

    private static void Test(String[] versions) {
        for (int i = 0; i < versions.length; i++) {
            for (int j = i; j < versions.length; j++) {
                Test(versions[i], versions[j]);
            }
        }
    }

    private static void Test(String v1, String v2) {
        int result = cmp.compare(v1, v2);
        String op = "==";
        if (result < 0) op = "<";
        if (result > 0) op = ">";
        System.out.printf("%s %s %s\n", v1, op, v2);
    }
}

输出:

1.1.2 == 1.1.2                --->  same length and value
1.1.2 < 1.2                   --->  first number (1) less than second number (2) => -1
1.1.2 < 1.2.0                 --->  first number (1) less than second number (2) => -1
1.1.2 < 1.2.1                 --->  first number (1) less than second number (2) => -1
1.1.2 < 1.12                  --->  first number (1) less than second number (12) => -1
1.2 == 1.2                    --->  same length and value
1.2 == 1.2.0                  --->  first shorter than second, but zero
1.2 < 1.2.1                   --->  first shorter than second, and non-zero
1.2 < 1.12                    --->  first number (2) less than second number (12) => -1
1.2.0 == 1.2.0                --->  same length and value
1.2.0 < 1.2.1                 --->  first number (0) less than second number (1) => -1
1.2.0 < 1.12                  --->  first number (2) less than second number (12) => -1
1.2.1 == 1.2.1                --->  same length and value
1.2.1 < 1.12                  --->  first number (2) less than second number (12) => -1
1.12 == 1.12                  --->  same length and value

1.3 == 1.3                    --->  same length and value
1.3 > 1.3a                    --->  first suffix ('') is empty, but not second ('a') => 1
1.3 > 1.3b                    --->  first suffix ('') is empty, but not second ('b') => 1
1.3 > 1.3-SNAPSHOT            --->  first suffix ('') is empty, but not second ('-SNAPSHOT') => 1
1.3a == 1.3a                  --->  same length and value
1.3a < 1.3b                   --->  first suffix ('a') compared to second suffix ('b') => -1
1.3a < 1.3-SNAPSHOT           --->  first suffix ('a') compared to second suffix ('-SNAPSHOT') => -1
1.3b == 1.3b                  --->  same length and value
1.3b < 1.3-SNAPSHOT           --->  first suffix ('b') compared to second suffix ('-SNAPSHOT') => -1
1.3-SNAPSHOT == 1.3-SNAPSHOT  --->  same length and value

@alex在Kotlin上的帖子

class Version(inputVersion: String) : Comparable<Version> {

        var version: String
            private set

        override fun compareTo(other: Version) =
            (split() to other.split()).let {(thisParts, thatParts)->
                val length = max(thisParts.size, thatParts.size)
                for (i in 0 until length) {
                    val thisPart = if (i < thisParts.size) thisParts[i].toInt() else 0
                    val thatPart = if (i < thatParts.size) thatParts[i].toInt() else 0
                    if (thisPart < thatPart) return -1
                    if (thisPart > thatPart) return 1
                }
                 0
            }

        init {
            require(inputVersion.matches("[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)*".toRegex())) { "Invalid version format" }
            version = inputVersion
        }
    }

    fun Version.split() = version.split(".").toTypedArray()

用法:

Version("1.2.4").compareTo(Version("0.0.5")) //return 1