code: public static UpdateInfo isUpdateAvailableCompareAppVersion(URL repoBaseURL, String mavenGroupID,
                                                                  String mavenArtifactID, String mavenClassifier) {
          return isUpdateAvailableCompareAppVersion(repoBaseURL, mavenGroupID, mavenArtifactID, mavenClassifier, "jar");
      }
docs: Checks if a new release has been published on the website. This compares
  the current appVersion to the version available on the website and thus
  does not take into account if the user ignored that update. Assumes that
  the artifact has a jar-packaging.
  
  @param repoBaseURL     The base url of the maven repo to use
  @param mavenGroupID    The maven groupId of the artifact to update
  @param mavenArtifactID The maven artifactId of the artifact to update
  @param mavenClassifier The maven classifier of the artifact to update
  @return {@code true} if a new release is available.