Hi,

I've had some trouble figuring out how to determine the current version of the Confluence server in a Java plugin. i.e. v2.8.0 or whatever.

I've actually been able to find it using velocity, but I need it inside my java code. Silly I know.

Or the build number of Confluence would be fine too. Basically I want to make plugins that work across different versions when possible. For just the occasional difference between Confluence APIs it seems easier than maintaining seperate code bases.

Any hints?

thanks!
Brendan

I think that I would step back and consider this as a general issue- how should we handle in-general one Java app/library/plugin being able to use different incompatible versions of the same Java API. In past experience, certain parts of the Confluence API have changed significantly without deprecation between different minor versions of Confluence, so it should definitely be a topic near and dear to some of your hearts.

I just blogged about this, if you guys wouldn't mind taking a look and providing comments there. It's also my first blog post on weblogs.java.net. (I've finally succumbed to blogging about development. I am now just another dreg of society .)