[oXygen-sdk] Request to enhance the oXygen version detection in a plugin addon.

[Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu)]

Hi Michael,

We'll consider adding this new API in the 
ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.WorkspaceUtilities interface for a new version.

But in the meantime you can call the static method:

> ro.sync.util.Resource.getBuildNumber()

The method is not obfuscated in our code and it should return the 
application's build number.

Regards,
Radu

Radu Coravu
<oXygen/>  XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
http://www.oxygenxml.com

On 4/7/2014 12:46 PM, Michael Anthony Smith wrote:
> A workspace plugin can obtain the version string associated with the
> oXygen Editor/Author/Developer that it is being run in by using the
> getVersion method of the StandalonePluginWorkspace object that is
> provided to it. It would be useful if we could also obtain the build
> number (and possibly the release date)* from within a plugin, so that
> its behaviour can be adjusted depending on the build-number (or release
> date).
>
> *The build numbers alone are probably fine, as they are likely to be
> monotonically increasing, so we can simply test to see if the current
> build number is greater than a specified build number to determine if it
> is later release.
>
> Example: If a feature of a plugin is known to work with some, but not
> all patch releases of a given oXygen release, then it would be possible
> to tailor the behaviour of the plugin to:
> (1) switch off the feature for oXygen patch releases that it is known
> not to work in;
> (2) let the user know why a given feature is not available; and potentially
> (3) let the user know that in order to get access to the feature they
> need to get the latest version of say the '15.2' version of oXygen.
>
> Best regards,
> Anthony.
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