| package org.codehaus.jackson; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface that those Jackson components that are explicitly versioned will implement. |
| * Intention is to allow both plug-in components (custom extensions) and applications and |
| * frameworks that use Jackson to detect exact version of Jackson in use. |
| * This may be useful for example for ensuring that proper Jackson version is deployed |
| * (beyond mechanisms that deployment system may have), as well as for possible |
| * workarounds. |
| * |
| * @since 1.6 |
| */ |
| public interface Versioned { |
| /** |
| * Method called to detect version of the component that implements this interface; |
| * returned version should never be null, but may return specific "not available" |
| * instance (see {@link Version} for details). |
| */ |
| public Version version(); |
| } |
