This incredibly fragile bit of code should work for existing jar files, but good grief!
Bill --------------------------------------------------- import java.util.jar.*; import java.io.*; import java.net.*; class test { public static void main (String[] argv) { int major_version = 0; int minor_version = 0; int micro_version = 0; try { String url = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource("org/apache/lucene/util/Constants.class").toExternalForm(); if (url.startsWith("jar:")) { URI u = new URI(url.substring(4, url.indexOf("!"))); JarFile jf = new JarFile (new File(u)); Manifest mf = jf.getManifest(); Attributes attrs = mf.getAttributes("org/apache/lucene"); String version_string = attrs.getValue("Specification-Version"); System.err.println("version_string is " + version_string); if (version_string != null) { String[] parts = version_string.split("\\."); if (parts.length == 3) { major_version = Integer.parseInt(parts[0]); minor_version = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]); micro_version = Integer.parseInt(parts[2]); } } } } catch (Exception x) { x.printStackTrace(System.err); } System.out.println("major " + major_version + ", minor " + minor_version + ", micro " + micro_version); } } --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]