Whats My Version - WMV

Whats My Version is a maven plugin that stores the version information of the artifact inside the jar/war file during packaging. This information can later be retreived easily to be used in anyway you want(like showing to user).

Usage

The plugin is available through the central maven repository -
Add the following to your pom.xml :

   <plugin>
		<groupId>com.github.anirudhvarma12</groupId>
    	<artifactId>wmv-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    	<version>2.0.1</version>
    	<executions>
    		<execution>
    			<goals>
    				<goal>generate-version-info</goal>
			    </goals>
    		</execution>
    	</executions>
    </plugin>

Custom file name

You can change the output file name from version.properties to something that you like:

	<execution>
		<goals>
			<goal>generate-version-info</goal>
		</goals>
		<configuration>
			<fileName>myVersion.properties</fileName>
		</configuration>
	</execution>

Retrieving info

The plugin is executed when you run mvn install, mvn package, mvn compile, it creates a version.properties file in the resources folder. The properties looks like this -

	#Auto generated
	#Wed Dec 30 00:48:15 IST 2015
	version=0.0.2-SNAPSHOT
	date=30-12-2015 12-48-15

LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT), see License for details.