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+/*
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+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation and was
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+ */
+package org.apache.xmlcommons;
+
+/**
+ * <meta name="usage" content="general"/>
+ * Administrative class to keep track of the version number of
+ * xml-commons external sources releases.
+ * See xml-commons/java/external/build.xml for filtering on 1.0, etc.
+ */
+public class Version
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Get the basic version string for the current 
+   * xml-commons external sources release.
+   * Version String formatted like 
+   * <CODE>"XmlCommons v.r"</CODE>.
+   *
+   * Futurework: have this read version info from jar manifest.
+   *
+   * @return String denoting our current version
+   */
+  public static String getVersion()
+  {
+    return getProduct()+" "+getVersionNum();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get just the product name.
+   *
+   * @return String denoting our product name
+   */
+  public static String getProduct()
+  {
+    return "XmlCommons";
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get just the version number v.r.
+   * @return String denoting our current version number
+   */
+  public static String getVersionNum()
+  {
+    return "1.0";
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Print the release version to the command line.
+   * @param argv command line arguments, unused.
+   */
+  public static void main(String argv[])
+  {
+    System.out.println(getVersion());
+  }
+}