Github user sachingoel0101 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1418#discussion_r46093211
--- Diff: flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/VersionUtils.java
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+package org.apache.flink.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.jar.Attributes;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class which provides various methods for accessing version
information.
+ */
+public final class VersionUtils {
+
+ private static final VersionUtils INSTANCE = new VersionUtils();
+
+ /**
+ * Private constructor used to overwrite public one.
+ */
+ private VersionUtils() {}
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the version of Flink.
+ */
+ public static String getFlinkVersion() {
+ // a version can only be provided when running from a Jar.
+ URL manifestUrl =
INSTANCE.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
+ if (manifestUrl != null) {
+ try {
+ Attributes attr = new
Manifest(manifestUrl.openStream()).getMainAttributes();
+ return attr.getValue("Implementation-Version");
+ } catch (IOException e) {
+ //
+ }
+ }
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the commit id of the source from which the flink jar is
built.
+ */
+ public static String getCommitId() {
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Ah. I was entirely unaware of this class.
There's also a method already for accessing the revision id, albeit
abbreviated. Is the short rev id okay or should I just place a full rev id
string in the same class?
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