BALL::VersionInfo Class Reference

#include <BALL/COMMON/version.h>

Public Types
enum	Type {   STABLE , ALPHA , BETA , NONPUBLIC ,   PRERELEASE , PATCHLVL , UNKNOWN }

Static Public Member Functions
static const char *	getVersion ()
static int	getMajorRevision ()
static int	getMinorRevision ()
static Type	getType ()

Static Protected Attributes
static const char *	RELEASE_DATE_AND_TIME
static const char *	RELEASE_WHAT_STRING

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.

The release string (BALL_RELEASE_STRING) is defined in include/BALL/CONFIG/config.h

Definition at line 32 of file version.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Type

enum BALL::VersionInfo::Type

Enumeration of all possible release types.

Enumerator
STABLE
ALPHA
BETA
NONPUBLIC
PRERELEASE
PATCHLVL
UNKNOWN

Definition at line 38 of file version.h.

Member Function Documentation

getMajorRevision()

static int BALL::VersionInfo::getMajorRevision ( )

static

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

Exceptions

Exception::InvalidFormat

getMinorRevision()

static int BALL::VersionInfo::getMinorRevision ( )

static

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

Exceptions

Exception::InvalidFormat

getType()

static Type BALL::VersionInfo::getType ( )

static

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

getVersion()

static const char * BALL::VersionInfo::getVersion ( )

static

Return the version number, which is defined in BALL_RELEASE_STRING

Member Data Documentation

RELEASE_DATE_AND_TIME

const char* BALL::VersionInfo::RELEASE_DATE_AND_TIME

staticprotected

Definition at line 72 of file version.h.

RELEASE_WHAT_STRING

const char* BALL::VersionInfo::RELEASE_WHAT_STRING

staticprotected

Definition at line 73 of file version.h.