/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: vtkVersion.h,v $

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

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     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.

=========================================================================*/
// .NAME vtkVersion - Versioning class for vtk
// .SECTION Description
// Holds methods for defining/determining the current vtk version
// (major, minor, build).

// .SECTION Caveats
// This file will change frequently to update the VTKSourceVersion which
// timestamps a particular source release.


#ifndef __vtkVersion_h
#define __vtkVersion_h


#include "vtkObject.h"

#define VTK_SOURCE_VERSION "vtk version " VTK_VERSION ", vtk source $Revision: 1.2196 $, $Date: 2005/09/01 09:01:29 $ (GMT)"


class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkVersion : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkVersion *New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkVersion,vtkObject);

  // Description: 
  // Return the version of vtk this object is a part of.
  // A variety of methods are included. GetVTKSourceVersion returns a string
  // with an identifier which timestamps a particular source tree. 
  static const char *GetVTKVersion() { return VTK_VERSION; }
  static int GetVTKMajorVersion() { return VTK_MAJOR_VERSION; }
  static int GetVTKMinorVersion() { return VTK_MINOR_VERSION; }
  static int GetVTKBuildVersion() { return VTK_BUILD_VERSION; }
  static const char *GetVTKSourceVersion() { return VTK_SOURCE_VERSION; }
  
protected:
  vtkVersion() {}; //insure constructor/destructor protected
  ~vtkVersion() {};
private:
  vtkVersion(const vtkVersion&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkVersion&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif 
