BALL::VersionInfo Class Reference
[Common Definitions]

#include <BALL/COMMON/version.h>

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	Type {   STABLE, ALPHA, BETA, NONPUBLIC,   PRERELEASE, PATCHLVL, UNKNOWN }
Static Public Member Functions
static const char *	getVersion ()
static int	getMajorRevision () throw (Exception::InvalidFormat)
static int	getMinorRevision () throw (Exception::InvalidFormat)
static Type	getType ()
Static Protected Attributes
static const char *	RELEASE_DATE_AND_TIME
static 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 BALL::VersionInfo::Type

Enumeration of all possible release types.

Enumerator:

STABLE
ALPHA
BETA
NONPUBLIC
PRERELEASE
PATCHLVL
UNKNOWN

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Member Function Documentation

static int BALL::VersionInfo::getMajorRevision

(

)

throw (Exception::InvalidFormat) [static]

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

static int BALL::VersionInfo::getMinorRevision

(

)

throw (Exception::InvalidFormat) [static]

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

static Type BALL::VersionInfo::getType

(

)

[static]

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

static const char* BALL::VersionInfo::getVersion

(

)

[static]

Return the version number, which is defined in BALL_RELEASE_STRING

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Member Data Documentation

const char* BALL::VersionInfo::RELEASE_DATE_AND_TIME [static, protected]

const char* BALL::VersionInfo::RELEASE_WHAT_STRING [static, protected]