def filter(
        self, iterable: Iterable[UnparsedVersionVar], prereleases: Optional[bool] = None
    ) -> Iterator[UnparsedVersionVar]:
        """Filter items in the given iterable, that match the specifier.

        :param iterable:
            An iterable that can contain version strings and :class:`Version` instances.
            The items in the iterable will be filtered according to the specifier.
        :param prereleases:
            Whether or not to allow prereleases in the returned iterator. If set to
            ``None`` (the default), it will be intelligently decide whether to allow
            prereleases or not (based on the :attr:`prereleases` attribute, and
            whether the only versions matching are prereleases).

        This method is smarter than just ``filter(Specifier().contains, [...])``
        because it implements the rule from :pep:`440` that a prerelease item
        SHOULD be accepted if no other versions match the given specifier.

        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.2", "1.3", "1.5a1"]))
        ['1.3']
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.2", "1.2.3", "1.3", Version("1.4")]))
        ['1.2.3', '1.3', <Version('1.4')>]
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.2", "1.5a1"]))
        ['1.5a1']
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.3", "1.5a1"], prereleases=True))
        ['1.3', '1.5a1']
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3", prereleases=True).filter(["1.3", "1.5a1"]))
        ['1.3', '1.5a1']
        """

        yielded = False
        found_prereleases = []

        kw = {"prereleases": prereleases if prereleases is not None else True}

        # Attempt to iterate over all the values in the iterable and if any of
        # them match, yield them.
        for version in iterable:
            parsed_version = _coerce_version(version)

            if self.contains(parsed_version, **kw):
                # If our version is a prerelease, and we were not set to allow
                # prereleases, then we'll store it for later in case nothing
                # else matches this specifier.
                if parsed_version.is_prerelease and not (
                    prereleases or self.prereleases
                ):
                    found_prereleases.append(version)
                # Either this is not a prerelease, or we should have been
                # accepting prereleases from the beginning.
                else:
                    yielded = True
                    yield version

        # Now that we've iterated over everything, determine if we've yielded
        # any values, and if we have not and we have any prereleases stored up
        # then we will go ahead and yield the prereleases.
        if not yielded and found_prereleases:
            for version in found_prereleases:
                yield version
Filter items in the given iterable, that match the specifier.

        :param iterable:
            An iterable that can contain version strings and :class:`Version` instances.
            The items in the iterable will be filtered according to the specifier.
        :param prereleases:
            Whether or not to allow prereleases in the returned iterator. If set to
            ``None`` (the default), it will be intelligently decide whether to allow
            prereleases or not (based on the :attr:`prereleases` attribute, and
            whether the only versions matching are prereleases).

        This method is smarter than just ``filter(Specifier().contains, [...])``
        because it implements the rule from :pep:`440` that a prerelease item
        SHOULD be accepted if no other versions match the given specifier.

        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.2", "1.3", "1.5a1"]))
        ['1.3']
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.2", "1.2.3", "1.3", Version("1.4")]))
        ['1.2.3', '1.3', <Version('1.4')>]
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.2", "1.5a1"]))
        ['1.5a1']
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3").filter(["1.3", "1.5a1"], prereleases=True))
        ['1.3', '1.5a1']
        >>> list(Specifier(">=1.2.3", prereleases=True).filter(["1.3", "1.5a1"]))
        ['1.3', '1.5a1']
        
product/runtime/src/main/python/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/specifiers.py