Add thrift API to read version and build date of HBase
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Key: HBASE-4549
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4549
Project: HBase
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: thrift
Reporter: Song Liu
Priority: Minor
Adding API to get the hbase server version and build date will be helpful for
the client to communicate with different versions of the server accordingly.
class VersionInfo can be reused to provide required information.
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