- /**
- * Return the version of the program if it follows the VERSION convention
- * (i.e., if it has a file called VERSION containing the version as a
- * {@link String} on its binary root).
- *
- * @return the version, or NULL
- */
- public static String getVersion() {
- String version = null;
-
- InputStream in = openResource("VERSION");
- if (in != null) {
- try {
- ByteArrayOutputStream ba = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
- write(in, ba);
- in.close();
-
- version = ba.toString("UTF-8");
- } catch (IOException e) {
- }
- }
-
- return version;
- }
-