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+++ b/tracesrv/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/utils/TraceCompilerVersion.java	Fri Oct 08 14:56:39 2010 +0300
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+* Version number abstraction
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.utils;
+
+/**
+ * Version number abstraction
+ * 
+ */
+public abstract class TraceCompilerVersion {
+
+	/**
+	 * Sub-class, which implements getVersion
+	 */
+	private static TraceCompilerVersion versionImpl;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets TraceCompiler version number
+	 * 
+	 * @return version number
+	 */
+	public static String getVersion() {
+		String version = null;
+		if (versionImpl != null) {
+			version = versionImpl.getTraceCompilerVersion();
+		} else {
+			// TODO: This is used in console builds -> Maintenance needed
+			version = "2.3.0"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
+		return version;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the version number as x.y.z
+	 * 
+	 * @return the version string
+	 */
+	protected abstract String getTraceCompilerVersion();
+
+}