axis-rt-core/src/main/java/org/apache/axis/Version.java

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package org.apache.axis;

import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.utils.Messages;

/**
 * Little utility to get the version and build date of the axis.jar.
 *
 * The messages referenced here are automatically kept up-to-date by the
 * build.xml.
 *
 * @author Glen Daniels (gdaniels@apache.org)
 */
public class Version {
    /**
     * Get the version of this AXIS.
     *
     * @return the version of this axis
     */
    public static String getVersion()
    {
        return Messages.getMessage("axisVersion") + "\n" +
               Messages.getMessage("builtOn");
    }

    /**
     *  Returns the Axis Version number and build date.
     *  <p>
     *  Example output: 1.1 Jul 08, 2003 (09:00:12 EDT)
     *
     * @return the full version of this axis
     **/
    public static String getVersionText()
    {
        return Messages.getMessage("axisVersionRaw") + " " + Messages.getMessage("axisBuiltOnRaw");
    }

    /**
     * Entry point.
     * <p>
     * Calling this with no arguments returns the version of the client-side
     * axis.jar.  Passing a URL which points to a remote Axis server will
     * attempt to retrieve the version of the server via a SOAP call.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if (args.length != 1)
            System.out.println(getVersion());
        else
            try {
                Call call = new Call(args[0]);
                String result = (String)call.invoke("Version", "getVersion",
                                                    null);
                System.out.println(result);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
    }
}