added Version class for keeping the exact release version of Scoold

pom.xml

@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+					<artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.0</version>
+					<executions>
+						<execution>
+							<id>generate-verion-class</id>
+							<goals>
+								<goal>filter-sources</goal>
+							</goals>
+						</execution>
+					</executions>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
 		<resources>
 			<resource>
 				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
@@ -174,6 +191,28 @@
 		</resources>
 
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.0.0</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<revisionOnScmFailure>UNKNOWN</revisionOnScmFailure>
+					<getRevisionOnlyOnce>true</getRevisionOnlyOnce>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>create</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>

src/main/java-templates/com/erudika/scoold/utils/Version.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2022 Erudika. https://erudika.com
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * For issues and patches go to: https://github.com/erudika
+ */
+package com.erudika.scoold.utils;
+
+/**
+ * GENERATED CLASS. DO NOT MODIFY!
+ * @author Alex Bogdanovski [[email protected]]
+ */
+public final class Version {
+
+	private static final String VERSION = "${project.version}";
+	private static final String GROUPID = "${project.groupId}";
+	private static final String ARTIFACTID = "${project.artifactId}";
+	private static final String GIT = "${project.scm.developerConnection}";
+	private static final String GIT_BRANCH = "${scmBranch}";
+	private static final String REVISION = "${buildNumber}";
+
+	public static String getVersion() {
+		return VERSION;
+	}
+
+	public static String getArtifactId() {
+		return ARTIFACTID;
+	}
+
+	public static String getGroupId() {
+		return GROUPID;
+	}
+
+	public static String getGIT() {
+		return GIT;
+	}
+
+	public static String getRevision() {
+		return REVISION;
+	}
+
+	public static String getGITBranch() {
+		return GIT_BRANCH;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/controllers/AdminController.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import com.erudika.scoold.core.Question;
 import com.erudika.scoold.core.Reply;
 import com.erudika.scoold.utils.ScooldUtils;
+import com.erudika.scoold.utils.Version;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
@@ -100,7 +101,6 @@ public class AdminController {
 
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AdminController.class);
 	private static final ScooldConfig CONF = ScooldUtils.getConfig();
-	private final String scooldVersion = getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
 	private static final int MAX_SPACES = 10; // Hey! It's cool to edit this, but please consider buying Scoold Pro! :)
 	private final String soDateFormat1 = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'";
 	private final String soDateFormat2 = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ public String get(HttpServletRequest req, Model model) {
 		model.addAttribute("itemcount", itemcount);
 		model.addAttribute("itemcount1", itemcount1);
 		model.addAttribute("isDefaultSpacePublic", utils.isDefaultSpacePublic());
-		model.addAttribute("scooldVersion", Optional.ofNullable(scooldVersion).orElse("unknown"));
+		model.addAttribute("scooldVersion", Version.getVersion());
+		model.addAttribute("scooldRevision", Version.getRevision());
 		String importedCount = req.getParameter("imported");
 		if (importedCount != null) {
 			if (req.getParameter("success") != null) {

src/main/resources/templates/admin.vm

@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@
 				<div class="collapsible-header"><i class="fa fa-info-circle grey-text"></i>$!lang.get('admin.environment')</div>
 				<div class="collapsible-body">
 					<table class="highlight">
-						<tr><td><h4>Scoold</h4></td> <td><code>version $!scooldVersion</code></td></tr>
+						<tr><td><h4>Scoold</h4></td>
+							<td>version <code>$!scooldVersion</code> <small>(rev. <code>$!scooldRevision</code>)</small></td></tr>
 						<tr><td><h4>Production mode</h4></td> <td><code>$!IN_PRODUCTION</code></td></tr>
 						<tr><td><h4>Para app</h4></td> <td><code>$!paraapp</code></td></tr>
 						<tr><td><h4>Para version</h4></td> <td><code>$!version</code></td></tr>