diff -r 88b85470e72c -r f50545b5e2f1 src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/util/Version.java
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+++ b/src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/util/Version.java	Tue Mar 06 16:09:35 2012 -0800
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+
+package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the version information.
+ *
+ * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
+ */
+public final class Version {
+    /**
+     * Represents the build id, which is a string like "b13" or "hudson-250".
+     */
+    public final String BUILD_ID;
+    /**
+     * Represents the complete version string, such as "JAX-WS RI 2.0-b19"
+     */
+    public final String BUILD_VERSION;
+    /**
+     * Represents the major JAX-WS version, such as "2.0".
+     */
+    public final String MAJOR_VERSION;
+
+    /**
+     * Represents the latest Subversion Reversion number.
+     */
+    public final String SVN_REVISION;
+
+    /**
+     * The Runtime Version.
+     */
+    public static final Version RUNTIME_VERSION = Version.create(Version.class.getResourceAsStream("version.properties"));
+
+    private Version(String buildId, String buildVersion, String majorVersion, String svnRev) {
+        this.BUILD_ID = fixNull(buildId);
+        this.BUILD_VERSION = fixNull(buildVersion);
+        this.MAJOR_VERSION = fixNull(majorVersion);
+        this.SVN_REVISION = fixNull(svnRev);
+    }
+
+    public static Version create(InputStream is) {
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        try {
+            props.load(is);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // ignore even if the property was not found. we'll treat everything as unknown
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            //ignore even if property not found
+        }
+
+        return new Version(
+            props.getProperty("build-id"),
+            props.getProperty("build-version"),
+            props.getProperty("major-version"),
+            props.getProperty("svn-revision"));
+    }
+
+    private String fixNull(String v) {
+        if(v==null) return "unknown";
+        return v;
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return BUILD_VERSION + " svn-revision#" + SVN_REVISION;
+    }
+}