/** 
 * @file llversioninfo.h
 * @brief Routines to access the viewer version and build information
 * @author Martin Reddy
 *
 * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2009&license=viewergpl$
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 * Copyright (c) 2009, Linden Research, Inc.
 * 
 * Second Life Viewer Source Code
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 */

#ifndef LL_LLVERSIONINFO_H
#define LL_LLVERSIONINFO_H

#include <string>

///
/// This API provides version information for the viewer.  This
/// includes access to the major, minor, patch, and build integer
/// values, as well as human-readable string representations. All
/// viewer code that wants to query the current version should 
/// use this API.
///
class LLVersionInfo
{
public:
	/// return the major verion number as an integer
	static S32 getMajor();

	/// return the minor verion number as an integer
	static S32 getMinor();

	/// return the patch verion number as an integer
	static S32 getPatch();

	/// return the build number as an integer
	static S32 getBuild();

	/// return the full viewer version as a string like "2.0.0.200030"
	static const std::string &getVersion();

	/// return the viewer version as a string like "2.0.0"
	static const std::string &getShortVersion();

	/// return the channel name, e.g. "Second Life"
	static const std::string &getChannel();
};

#endif