base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/Engine.java

@@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ public final class Engine extends SubsystemClass {
                 //noinspection DataFlowIssue // the crash call will prevent a NullPointerException
                 subsystemsMutable.add(new DependencySubsystemVector(initializedClass.getDependencyVector(), initializedClass));
             } catch (Exception exception) {
-                if (exception.getClass() == IllegalStateException.class && exception.getMessage().startsWith("The version string is invalid: "))
-                    logger.crash("Failed to initialize subsystem " + clazz.getName() + ": Invalid version string: " + exception.getMessage().replace("The version string is invalid: ", ""));
                 logger.crash("Failed to initialize subsystem " + clazz.getName() + ": Method invocation error", exception);
             }
         }

base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/classes/SubsystemClass.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package de.staropensource.sosengine.base.classes;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.Engine;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.annotations.EngineSubsystem;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.annotations.EventListener;
-import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.exceptions.versioning.InvalidVersionStringException;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.internal.events.InternalEngineShutdownEvent;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.logging.LoggerInstance;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.types.DependencyVector;
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ public abstract class SubsystemClass {
      * @see DependencyVector
      * @since v1-alpha1
      */
-    public abstract @NotNull DependencyVector getDependencyVector() throws InvalidVersionStringException;
+    public abstract @NotNull DependencyVector getDependencyVector();
 
     /**
      * Called on engine shutdown.

base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/data/information/EngineInformation.java

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ public final class EngineInformation {
         versioningType = VersionType.valueOf(gradleParser.getString("versioningType").toUpperCase());
         versioningTyperelease = gradleParser.getInteger("versioningTyperelease", true);
         versioningFork = gradleParser.getString("versioningFork");
-        versioningString = "v" + versioningVersion + "-" + (versioningType == VersionType.RELEASE_CANDIDATE ? "releasecandidate" : versioningType.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) + versioningTyperelease + versioningFork;
+        versioningString = "v" + versioningVersion + "-" + (versioningType == VersionType.RELEASE_CANDIDATE ? "releasecandidate" : versioningType.name()) + versioningTyperelease + versioningFork;
 
         dependencyJansi = gradleParser.getString("dependencyJansi");
         dependencyReflections = gradleParser.getString("dependencyReflections");

base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/types/DependencyVector.java

@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@
 package de.staropensource.sosengine.base.types;
 
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.classes.VersioningSystem;
-import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.exceptions.versioning.InvalidVersionStringException;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.utility.DependencyResolver;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -200,18 +198,6 @@ public class DependencyVector {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("The versioning system is unset");
             if (version == null || version.isBlank())
                 throw new IllegalStateException("The version is unset");
-
-            // Check if version string is valid
-            try {
-                versioningSystem.getDeclaredConstructor(String.class).newInstance(version);
-            } catch (InvocationTargetException exception) {
-                if (exception.getTargetException().getClass() == InvalidVersionStringException.class)
-                    throw new IllegalStateException("The version string is invalid: " + exception.getTargetException().getMessage());
-                else
-                    throw new IllegalStateException("Version string validation failed: Constructor threw " + exception.getTargetException().getClass().getName() + ": " + exception.getTargetException().getMessage());
-            } catch (Exception exception) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Version string validation failed: Threw " + exception.getClass().getName() + ": " + exception.getMessage());
-            }
         }
 
         /**