BaseCliApplication.AbstractMetadataProvider (GlobalMentor Application 0.7.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.globalmentor.application.BaseCliApplication.AbstractMetadataProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

picocli.CommandLine.IVersionProvider

Enclosing class:

BaseCliApplication
```
protected abstract static class BaseCliApplication.AbstractMetadataProvider
extends java.lang.Object
implements picocli.CommandLine.IVersionProvider
```
Strategy for retrieving the application name and version from the configuration. Each application should extend this class and pass it the concrete application class in the constructor.
This class expects a configuration file with the same name as the application class indicated in the constructor with a base extension of -config, such as ExampleApp-config.properties, loaded via Confound from the resources in the same path as the application class. For example:
```
 
 name=${project.name}
 version=${project.version}
 
 
```
Author:

Garret Wilson

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  AbstractMetadataProvider(java.lang.Class<? extends Application> applicationClass)
  Application class constructor.
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  java.lang.String[] getVersion()
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractMetadataProvider
```
public AbstractMetadataProvider(@Nonnull
                                java.lang.Class<? extends Application> applicationClass)
```
    Application class constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    applicationClass - The given application class for relative look up of configuration resources.
- Method Detail
  - getVersion
```
public java.lang.String[] getVersion()
                              throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Specified by:
    
    getVersion in interface picocli.CommandLine.IVersionProvider
    
    Implementation Specification:
    
    This implementation retrieves the name from resources for the concrete application class using the resource key "version".
    
    Throws:
    
    io.confound.config.ConfigurationException - if there was an error retrieving the configured name or the name could not be found.
    
    java.lang.Exception
    
    See Also:
    
    BaseCliApplication.CONFIG_KEY_VERSION