[BUG]: .sdkmanrc with the installed name of an early-access build, such as java=28-ea+19, selects nothing

Version
vfox-java main (bfcdbcc), vfox 1.0.13

OS
Linux

Describe the bug
A .sdkmanrc may name a JDK the way vfox list java shows it, and the e2e suite checks that java=21.0.8+9-tem selects 21.0.8+9-tem. The installed name of an early-access build selects nothing. With 21.0.8+9-tem, 28-ea+19 and 28-ea+18-zulu installed (vfox install java@28.ea.19 and java@28.ea.18-zulu install the last two under those names) and nothing set globally, running java in a directory whose .sdkmanrc has:

.sdkmanrc              selected
java=21.0.8+9-tem      21.0.8+9-tem
java=28-ea+19          nothing (bash: java: command not found)
java=28-ea+18-zulu     nothing (bash: java: command not found)
java=28.ea.19-open     28-ea+19
java=28.ea.18-zulu     28-ea+18-zulu

vfox use --global java@28-ea+19 and java@28-ea+18-zulu select them.

parse_version splits the name at each - and looks for the distribution in the second part, then the first, so it finds none in 28-ea+19 or 28-ea+18-zulu, and ParseLegacyFile then returns no version:

vfox-java/lib/distribution_version.lua

Lines 94 to 131 in bfcdbcc

    
           function distribution_version.parse_version(arg) 
        
               local version_parts = strings.split(arg, "-") 
        
               local version 
        
               local distribution 
        
               local javafx_bundled = false 
        
               -- Check if the last part is "fx" and remove it, setting javafx_bundled flag 
        
               if version_parts[#version_parts] == "fx" then 
        
                   javafx_bundled = true 
        
                   table.remove(version_parts) 
        
               end 
        
               if not version_parts[2] then 
        
                   -- no parts, check if we got a distribution name without version 
        
                   distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution(version_parts[1]) 
        
                   if not distribution then 
        
                       -- no valid distribution found, handle as version with distribution "openjdk" 
        
                       version = version_parts[1] 
        
                       distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution("openjdk") 
        
                   end 
        
               else 
        
                   -- check if the distribution is in the second part of the string (vfox/sdkman default) 
        
                   distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution(version_parts[2]) 
        
                   if distribution then 
        
                       -- valid distribution found, treat first part as version 
        
                       version = version_parts[1] 
        
                   else 
        
                       -- check if the distribution is in the first part of the string (asdf default) 
        
                       distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution(version_parts[1]) 
        
                       if distribution then 
        
                           -- valid distribution found, treat second part as version 
        
                           version = version_parts[2] 
        
                       else 
        
                           -- invalid distribution name 
        
                           return nil 
        
                       end 
        
                   end 
        
               end

vfox-java/hooks/parse_legacy_file.lua

Lines 66 to 69 in bfcdbcc

    
           local distributionVersion = distribution_version_parser.parse_version(javaVersion) 
        
           if not distributionVersion then 
        
               return {} 
        
           end

PreUse passes such a version to vfox unchanged instead, and vfox finds it installed:

vfox-java/hooks/pre_use.lua

Lines 44 to 48 in bfcdbcc

    
           else 
        
               return { 
        
                   version = input_version, 
        
               } 
        
           end

SDKMAN writes early-access builds as 28.0.0.0+ea.20-open, which .sdkmanrc selects since #88, so this only takes a hand-written .sdkmanrc. Taking the version as written when vfox lists it as installed, before parsing it, would cover these.

Found while working on #86.

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	function distribution_version.parse_version(arg)
	local version_parts = strings.split(arg, "-")
	local version
	local distribution
	local javafx_bundled = false

	-- Check if the last part is "fx" and remove it, setting javafx_bundled flag
	if version_parts[#version_parts] == "fx" then
	javafx_bundled = true
	table.remove(version_parts)
	end

	if not version_parts[2] then
	-- no parts, check if we got a distribution name without version
	distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution(version_parts[1])
	if not distribution then
	-- no valid distribution found, handle as version with distribution "openjdk"
	version = version_parts[1]
	distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution("openjdk")
	end
	else
	-- check if the distribution is in the second part of the string (vfox/sdkman default)
	distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution(version_parts[2])
	if distribution then
	-- valid distribution found, treat first part as version
	version = version_parts[1]
	else
	-- check if the distribution is in the first part of the string (asdf default)
	distribution = distribution_version.parse_distribution(version_parts[1])
	if distribution then
	-- valid distribution found, treat second part as version
	version = version_parts[2]
	else
	-- invalid distribution name
	return nil
	end
	end
	end

	local distributionVersion = distribution_version_parser.parse_version(javaVersion)
	if not distributionVersion then
	return {}
	end

[BUG]: .sdkmanrc with the installed name of an early-access build, such as java=28-ea+19, selects nothing #91

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[BUG]: `.sdkmanrc` with the installed name of an early-access build, such as `java=28-ea+19`, selects nothing #91