main/src/main/version/Version.java.template

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package org.apache.poi;

/**
 * Administrative class to keep track of the version number of the 
 *  POI release.
 *
 * This class implements the upcoming standard of having 
 *  org.apache.project-name.Version.getVersion() be a standard 
 *  way to get version information.
 */
public class Version {
	private static final String VERSION_STRING = "@VERSION@";
	private static final String RELEASE_DATE = "@DSTAMP@";

	/**
	 * Return the basic version string, of the form
	 *  nn.nn(.nn)
	 */
	public static String getVersion() {
		return VERSION_STRING;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the date of the release / build
	 */
	public static String getReleaseDate() {
		return RELEASE_DATE;
	}

	/**
	 * Name of product: POI
	 */
	public static String getProduct() {
		return "POI";
	}
	/**
	 * Implementation Language: Java
	 */
	public static String getImplementationLanguage() {
		return "Java";
	}

	/**
	 * Prints the version to the command line
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println(
			"Apache " + getProduct() + " " +
			getVersion() + " (" + getReleaseDate() + ")"
		);
	}
}