source: tmcsimulator/trunk/src/tmcsim/common/RevisionNumber.java @ 6

package tmcsim.common;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * RevisionNumber represents the current Subversion revision. The Ant build
 * script generates this value and saves it in a plain text file in the 'config'
 * folder. (See target '-pre-compile'). The file should be included into the
 * distributed zip file by the build script so it is available at run time to be
 * displayed in help info.
 *
 * @author jdalbey
 */
public class RevisionNumber
{

    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("tmcsim.common");
    // Read the subversion revision info and return it

    /**
     * Return the version number as a string. The revision number is generated
     * by the svnversion command.
     *
     * @see http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svnversion.re.html
     * Currently this string it return untouched. Future enhancements might make
     * it pretty.
     * @return the revision number as a string
     */
    public static String getString()
    {
        String revision = "unknown"; // default
        String kConfigFile = "config/svn-version.txt";
//        InputStream in = RevisionNumber.class.getResourceAsStream("config/svn-version.txt");
        try
        {
            Scanner scan = new Scanner(new File(kConfigFile));
            revision = scan.next();
        } catch (Exception e)
        {
            logger.logp(Level.SEVERE,
                    "RevisionNumber", "getString()",
                    "Exception trying to read from file: "
                    + kConfigFile, e);
        }
        return revision;
    }
}