What is a good way to handle a version number in a Java application?

Question

I am developing a desktop app using Java and Swing Application Framework. I have an application about box and I\'d like to have that box contain some indication of what ver

Answer 1

You're making it too complicated. SVN provides the version number as a macro, like CVS.

Create a simple inverface containing a constant, and have SVN instantiate that through a macro, like

public interface IVersionNumber {
    public static final String version = "$Id$" ;
}

You need to tell SVN to use keywords on that file, as

$ svn propset svn:keywords "Id" IVersion.java

You can read about properties here.