private final String readNinjaVersion() {
        
        // location of the properties file
        String LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES = "ninja/ninja-builtin.properties";
        // and the key inside the properties file.
        String NINJA_VERSION_PROPERTY_KEY = "ninja.version";
        
        String ninjaVersion;
        try (InputStream stream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES)){

            Properties prop = new Properties();
            prop.load(stream);
            
            ninjaVersion = prop.getProperty(NINJA_VERSION_PROPERTY_KEY);
        
        } catch (Exception e) {
            //this should not happen. Never.
            throw new RuntimeErrorException(new Error("Something is wrong with your build. Cannot find resource " + LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES));
        }
        
        return ninjaVersion;
        
    }
private final String readNinjaVersion() {
        
        
        String LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES = "ninja/ninja-builtin.properties";
        
        String NINJA_VERSION_PROPERTY_KEY = "ninja.version";
        
        String ninjaVersion;
        try (InputStream stream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES)){

            Properties prop = new Properties();
            prop.load(stream);
            
            ninjaVersion = prop.getProperty(NINJA_VERSION_PROPERTY_KEY);
        
        } catch (Exception e) {
            
            throw new RuntimeErrorException(new Error("Something is wrong with your build. Cannot find resource " + LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES));
        }
        
        return ninjaVersion;
        
    }
private final String readNinjaVersion ( ) { // location of the properties file String LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES = "ninja/ninja-builtin.properties" ; // and the key inside the properties file. String NINJA_VERSION_PROPERTY_KEY = "ninja.version" ; String ninjaVersion ; try ( InputStream stream = Thread . currentThread ( ) . getContextClassLoader ( ) . getResourceAsStream ( LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES ) ) { Properties prop = new Properties ( ) ; prop . load ( stream ) ; ninjaVersion = prop . getProperty ( NINJA_VERSION_PROPERTY_KEY ) ; } catch ( Exception e ) { //this should not happen. Never. throw new RuntimeErrorException ( new Error ( "Something is wrong with your build. Cannot find resource " + LOCATION_OF_NINJA_BUILTIN_PROPERTIES ) ) ; } return ninjaVersion ; }
Simply reads a property resource file that contains the version of this
Ninja build. Helps to identify the Ninja version currently running.

@return The version of Ninja. Eg. "1.6-SNAPSHOT" while developing of "1.6" when released.
Simply reads a property resource file that contains the version of this Ninja build . Helps to identify the Ninja version currently running .