<h2>org.das2.util.AboutUtil</h2><p>method for getting useful build and version information.
 TODO: Splash should call this to get version, not the other way around.</p>
<h2>AboutUtil( )</h2>
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<h2>getAboutHtml</h2>
getAboutHtml(  ) &rarr; <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html'>String</a>

<p>return HTML code describing the release version, Java version, build time, etc.</p>

<h3>Returns:</h3>
a String

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<h2>getBuildInfos</h2>
getBuildInfos(  ) &rarr; <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/List.html'>java.util.List</a>

<p>searches class path for META-INF/build.txt, returns nice strings</p>

<h3>Returns:</h3>
one line per jar
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<h2>getJenkinsURL</h2>
getJenkinsURL(  ) &rarr; <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html'>String</a>

<p>Identify the release by looking for build.jenkinsURL .  It's expected
 that the build script will insert build.tag into META-INF/build.txt</p>

<h3>Returns:</h3>
build URL, or "" if one is not found.
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<h2>getReleaseTag</h2>
getReleaseTag( <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html'>java.lang.Class</a> clas ) &rarr; <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html'>String</a>

<p>return the tag assigned to the class, but looking for "META-INF/build.txt" in the jar file.</p>

<h3>Parameters</h3>
clas - a java.lang.Class

<h3>Returns:</h3>
release tag or "(dev)" if the tag is not found.
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getReleaseTag(  ) &rarr; <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html'>String</a><br>
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<h2>isJreVersionAtLeast</h2>
isJreVersionAtLeast( <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html'>String</a> neededVersion ) &rarr; boolean

<p>evaluate if the current JRE version is at least a given level.  This
 was introduced that</p>

<h3>Parameters</h3>
neededVersion - the Java version, such as "1.8.0_102"

<h3>Returns:</h3>
true if the JRE is at least the version, or if the JRE cannot be parsed.
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