Build and Version Numbering for Java Projects (ant, cvs, hudson)

Question

What are current best-practices for systematic build numbering and version number management in Java projects? Specifically:

• How to manage build numbers sy

Answer 1

This is how i resolved this:

• the sources are copied to the build directory
• then the anttask "versioninfo" is applied
• compile the modified sources

Here is the java file storing the version info:

public class Settings {

    public static final String VERSION = "$VERSION$";
    public static final String DATE = "$DATE$";

}

And here is the anttask "versioninfo":