Issue #323: Add app version to Catena::Catena()

src/Catena.h

@@ -78,15 +78,25 @@ Copyright notice:
 
 namespace McciCatena {
 
+///
+/// \brief the top-level abstract Catena object
+///
 class Catena : public CATENA_H_SUPER_
  {
 public:
+ /// \brief the super class to be used depends on the targeted Catena.
  using Super = CATENA_H_SUPER_;
 
- // no specific constructor.
- Catena() {};
-
- // uses default destructor
+ ///
+ /// \brief the constructor sets the version, if one is supplied.
+ ///
+ /// \param[in] appVersion, if supplied is an McciCatena::Version_t
+ /// object which specifies the version of the application.
+ ///
+ Catena(Version_t appVersion = Version_t(0))
+ {
+ this->setAppVersion(appVersion);
+ }
 
  // neither copyable nor movable
  Catena(const Catena&) = delete;

src/CatenaBase.h

@@ -763,7 +763,6 @@ class CatenaBase
  );
  };
 
-
 ///
 /// \brief The platform description object represents common info about any Catena variant
 ///
@@ -775,6 +774,7 @@ class CatenaBase
 /// The platforms are organized as a tree; each node has a pointer to
 /// a parent node which is a more general version of the same platform.
 ///
+
 struct CATENA_PLATFORM
  {
  MCCIADK_GUID_WIRE Guid; ///< the platform GUID
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ inline uint32_t CatenaBase::GetPlatformFlags(void)
 ///
 /// \see ::gk_WellKnownCpuBindings[], CATENA_PLATFORM
 ///
+
 struct CatenaBase::CPUID_PLATFORM_MAP
  {
  CatenaBase::UniqueID_buffer_t CpuID; ///< the CPU ID to match