net.sf.saxon

Class Version

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.Version

public final class Version
extends java.lang.Object

The Version class holds the SAXON version information.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.Class<? extends Configuration>	configurationClass
static Platform	platform
static java.lang.String	softwareEdition

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getMajorReleaseDate() Get the issue date of the most recent major release of the product, that is, a release offering new functionality rather than just bug fixes (typically, a release in which the first two digits of the version number change, for example 9.2 to 9.3).
static java.lang.String	getProductName() Return the name of this product.
static java.lang.String	getProductTitle() Get a message used to identify this product when a transformation is run using the -t option
static java.lang.String	getProductVariantAndVersion(java.lang.String edition) Get the specific variant and version number of the product
static java.lang.String	getProductVendor() Return the name of the product vendor.
static java.lang.String	getProductVersion() Get the user-visible version number of this version of the product
static java.lang.String	getReleaseDate() Get the issue date of this version of the product.
static int[]	getStructuredVersionNumber() Get the four components of the structured version number.
static java.lang.String	getWebSiteAddress() Return a web site address containing information about the product.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Invoking net.sf.saxon.Version from the command line outputs the build number

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

configurationClass

public static java.lang.Class<? extends Configuration> configurationClass

softwareEdition

public static java.lang.String softwareEdition

platform

public static Platform platform

Method Detail

getProductName

public static java.lang.String getProductName()

Return the name of this product. Supports the XSLT 2.0 system property xsl:product-name

Returns:

the string "SAXON"

getProductVendor

public static java.lang.String getProductVendor()

Return the name of the product vendor.

Returns:

the string "Saxonica"

getProductVariantAndVersion

public static java.lang.String getProductVariantAndVersion(java.lang.String edition)

Get the specific variant and version number of the product

Parameters:

edition - the Saxon edition code, e.g. "EE", "HE", or "JS"

Returns:

the version number of this version of Saxon, as a string, for example "EE 9.9.0.1"

getProductVersion

public static java.lang.String getProductVersion()

Get the user-visible version number of this version of the product

Returns:

the version number of this version of Saxon, as a string: for example "9.9.0.1"

getStructuredVersionNumber

public static int[] getStructuredVersionNumber()

Get the four components of the structured version number. This is used in the .NET product to locate an assembly in the dynamic assembly cache: the assumption is that the third and fourth components represent implementation changes rather than interface changes

Returns:

the four components of the version number, as an array: for example {9, 0, 1, 1}

getReleaseDate

public static java.lang.String getReleaseDate()

Get the issue date of this version of the product. This will be the release date of the latest maintenance release

Returns:

the release date, as an ISO 8601 string

getMajorReleaseDate

public static java.lang.String getMajorReleaseDate()

Get the issue date of the most recent major release of the product, that is, a release offering new functionality rather than just bug fixes (typically, a release in which the first two digits of the version number change, for example 9.2 to 9.3).

Returns:

the release date, as an ISO 8601 string

getProductTitle

public static java.lang.String getProductTitle()

Get a message used to identify this product when a transformation is run using the -t option

Returns:

A string containing both the product name and the product version

getWebSiteAddress

public static java.lang.String getWebSiteAddress()

Return a web site address containing information about the product. Supports the XSLT system property xsl:vendor-url

Returns:

the string "http://saxon.sf.net/"

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Invoking net.sf.saxon.Version from the command line outputs the build number

Parameters:

args - not used