VersionInfo Class Reference
[Common Definitions]

Version information class. More...

#include <version.h>

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	Type {   STABLE, ALPHA, BETA, NONPUBLIC,   PRERELEASE, PATCHLVL, UNKNOWN }
	Enumeration of all possible release types. More...
Static Public Member Functions
const char *	getVersion () throw ()
	Return the version number, which is defined in BALL_RELEASE_STRING.
int	getMajorRevision () throw (Exception::InvalidFormat)
	Return the major revision number.
int	getMinorRevision () throw (Exception::InvalidFormat)
	Return the minor revision number.
Type	getType () throw ()
	Return the type of release: ALPHA, BETA, NONPUPLIC, STABLE, PRERELEASE, PATCHLVL, UNKNOWN.
Static Protected Attributes
const char *	RELEASE_DATE_AND_TIME
const char *	RELEASE_WHAT_STRING

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Detailed Description

Version information class.

The BALL release, release data and related version can be retrieved by these methods.

Stable releases are designated with numbers only.

Alpha, beta, nonpublic, or prereleases are suffixed as "alpha", "beta", "nonpublic", and "pre", respectively.

The VersionInfo class contains only static methods that can be used to retrieve the desired information.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum VersionInfo::Type

Enumeration of all possible release types.

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Member Function Documentation

int VersionInfo::getMajorRevision (   )  throw (Exception::InvalidFormat) [static]

Return the major revision number. (The part of the release number before the point)

int VersionInfo::getMinorRevision (   )  throw (Exception::InvalidFormat) [static]

Return the minor revision number. (The part of the release number after the point)

Type VersionInfo::getType (   )  throw () [static]

Return the type of release: ALPHA, BETA, NONPUPLIC, STABLE, PRERELEASE, PATCHLVL, UNKNOWN.