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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All  Rights Reserved.
+*
+* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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+*/
+
+package net.java.games.input;
+
+/**
+ * The version and build number of this implementation.
+ * Version numbers for a release are of the form: w.x.y[-a]-z, where:
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>
+ *     w - the major version number of the release.  This number should
+ *         start at 1.  Typically, a bump in the major version number
+ *         signifies that the release breaks backwards compatibility
+ *         with some older release.
+ *   </li>
+ *   <li>
+ *     x - minor version number.  This number starts at 0.  A bump in
+ *         the minor version number signifies a release that has significant
+ *         new functionality.
+ *   </li>
+ *   <li>
+ *     y - minor-minor version number number.  This number starts at 0.  A
+ *         bump in the minor-minor version number signifies that new bug
+ *         fixes have been  added to the build.
+ *  </li>
+ *  <li>
+ *    a - an optional build designator followed by a digit.  Valid build
+ *        designators are:
+ *    <ul>
+ *      <li>alpha</li>
+ *      <li>beta</li>
+ *    </ul>
+ *  </li>
+ *  <li>
+ *    z - build number.  This is used to specify the build number of the
+ *        release.  This is usually only important to people that use
+ *        the daily build of a project.  The format is the lower-case
+ *        letter 'b' followed by a two digit number.
+ *  </li>
+ *  </ul>
+ *
+ * For example, the following are all valid version strings:
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>1.1.2-b02</li>
+ *   <li>1.3.5-alpha1-b19</li>
+ *   <li>4.7.1-beta3-b20</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ */
+public final class Version {
+
+  /**
+   * Private constructor - no need for user to create
+   * an instance of this class.
+   */
+  private Version() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Version string of this build.
+   */
+  private static final String version = "1.0.0-b01";
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the verison string and build number of
+   * this implementation.  See the class descritpion
+   * for the version string format. 
+   *
+   * @return The version string of this implementation.
+   */
+  public static String getVersion() {
+    return version;
+  }
+}