[stringtemplate-interest] [ST4 Beta-4] Retrieving version information

[Oliver Zeigermann]

Sources remain untouched
Am 12.02.2011 20:26 schrieb "Terence Parr" <parrt at cs.usfca.edu>:
> didn't seem to work.
>
> public final static String VERSION = "@version@";
>
> in src zip.
>
> Ter
> On Feb 12, 2011, at 2:27 AM, Oliver Zeigermann wrote:
>
>> Using ant that is fairly easy. I attached a patch for the ant build
>> file that replaces every @version@ inside the source with the version
>> information from build.properties (no idea if this is the best
>> solution, though).
>>
>> E.g. adding
>>
>> public final static String VERSION = "@version@";
>>
>> to ST.java
>>
>> would result to
>>
>> public final static String VERSION = "4.0b4";
>>
>> in the compiled classes.
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>> - Oliver
>>
>> 2011/2/11 Udo Borkowski <ub at abego-software.de>:
>>> Hi Ter,
>>>
>>> I agree this will only work if the version information (text and/or
boolean flag) is really in sync with the version control system (i.e.
requires automated solution). Not sure how hard this is to implement.
>>>
>>> Regarding the test for the version: I haven't thought of this yet, but
it would definitely be useful.
>>>
>>> Udo
>>>
>>> On 11.02.2011, at 00:55, Terence Parr wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Udo,
>>>>
>>>> Seems like the more common use case would be to test the version number
and do something different to avoidable or use a feature only if a
particular version is available. but we can't test values in the template so
it would have to be a Boolean set for the various versions; might be hard to
add one for every random version we make.
>>>>
>>>> <if(v4_0b1)>...<endif>
>>>>
>>>> Hmm... also I would have to figure out how to make ANT alter my
software automatically to include the right version string; it would have to
know about perforce version control and so on. setting this by hand would be
a problem as it would get out of sync.
>>>>
>>>> Ter
>>>> On Feb 7, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Udo Borkowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> what about providing "version information" to be used in a template?
>>>>>
>>>>> I got this idea because I was using an older version of the engine
(Beta3 instead of Beta4) without noticing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One could then use this information e.g. to include a text like
>>>>>
>>>>> "(Rendered with StringTemplate 4.0 Beta-4)"
>>>>>
>>>>> into generated web pages etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One way to achieve this without adding "build-in" attributes etc.
could be extending the class ST.
>>>>>
>>>>> E.g. add the following method to the class ST:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> public String getVersionText() {
>>>>> return "StringTemplate 4.0 Beta-4";
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Then one could use
>>>>>
>>>>> (Rendered with <{ }.versionText>)
>>>>>
>>>>> in a template to render
>>>>>
>>>>> (Rendered with StringTemplate 4.0 Beta-4)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Udo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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