Java equivalent of .NET's Version class?

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Is there a Java equivalent of .NET's System.Version class? How do I say this in Java?

Version myVersion = new Version(2, 1);

What properties of the version object do you need? Just a major / minor / revision / build tuple, or the conversion to / from binary, or the comparators, or something else? — Rup, Mar 27 '12 at 14:06
Really just the major/minor tuple and comparators. I guess I could implement it myself, but was hoping for a readymade class. — Jason Crease, Mar 27 '12 at 15:05
Yeah, I'm surprised there isn't one in Apache Commons or Google Guava (at least as far as I can see). — Rup, Mar 27 '12 at 15:18

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '14 at 20:55

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answered Oct 22 '14 at 20:55

Rob Stoecklein

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 15:06

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To get a system/modules version e.g. String.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion()

If you want to specify your own version, create a Manifest.txt file to be added to your jar-file as in this tutorial

See also the javadoc for Package

answered Mar 27 '12 at 15:06

polve

But I am afraid it is just a string in the end. – polve Mar 27 '12 at 15:07
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I ended up implementing my own Version tuple, but thanks for the links, I've been using them! – Jason Crease Mar 30 '12 at 10:29

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