Move library version from static call to dedicated class

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES_CORE
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/interface/IWriter.cpp
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/utils/RegexUtils.cpp
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/Class.cpp
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/LibraryVersion.cpp
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/Version.cpp)
 
 set(SOURCE_FILES_ENCODING
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@ endif ()
 # CLI base64
 
 add_executable(cli-base64
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/LibraryVersion.cpp
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/Version.cpp
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/interface/IEncoding.cpp
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/ls-std/core/interface/ISerializable.cpp

README.md

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ A __Date__ class comes with this submodule, which you can use to represent a dat
 - __logic__ module has been removed from library and can now be found in __ls-game-tool-kit__ library
 - namespaces have been completely removed from module tests to improve readability
 - a new naming convention for files and directories has been introduced, where underscores were replaced by dashes entirely
+- fetching the library version is now being done by using __LibraryVersion__ class
 
 #### Fixes ####
 

include/ls-std/core/LibraryVersion.hpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Company:         Lynar Studios
  * E-Mail:          webmaster@lynarstudios.com
  * Created:         2021-05-02
- * Changed:         2023-02-04
+ * Changed:         2023-02-05
  *
  * */
 
@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@
 
 namespace ls::std::core
 {
-  static ::std::string getVersion() // TODO: create class to split up header / source files
+  class LibraryVersion
   {
-    return "2023.1.0";
-  }
+    public:
+
+      LibraryVersion();
+      ~LibraryVersion();
+
+      static ::std::string getVersion();
+  };
 }
 
 #endif

source/ls-std/core/LibraryVersion.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+* Author:          Patrick-Christopher Mattulat
+* Company:         Lynar Studios
+* E-Mail:          webmaster@lynarstudios.com
+* Created:         2023-02-05
+* Changed:         2023-02-05
+*
+* */
+
+#include <ls-std/core/LibraryVersion.hpp>
+
+ls::std::core::LibraryVersion::LibraryVersion() = default;
+
+ls::std::core::LibraryVersion::~LibraryVersion() = default;
+
+::std::string ls::std::core::LibraryVersion::getVersion()
+{
+  return "2023.1.0";
+}

source/ls-std/encoding/cli/cli-base64-main.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Company:         Lynar Studios
  * E-Mail:          webmaster@lynarstudios.com
  * Created:         2022-07-03
- * Changed:         2023-02-03
+ * Changed:         2023-02-05
  *
  * */
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 void printHelp()
 {
-  std::string help = "Base 64 CLI - " + ls::std::core::getVersion() + "\n\n";
+  std::string help = "Base 64 CLI - " + ls::std::core::LibraryVersion::getVersion() + "\n\n";
   help += "(1) encode a string:\t\t";
   help += "--encode [string]\n";
   help += "(2) decode a string:\t\t";

test/cases/core/LibraryVersionTest.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Company:         Lynar Studios
  * E-Mail:          webmaster@lynarstudios.com
  * Created:         2021-05-02
- * Changed:         2023-02-03
+ * Changed:         2023-02-05
  *
  * */
 
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ namespace
 
   TEST_F(LibraryVersionTest, getVersion)
   {
-    ASSERT_STREQ("2023.1.0", getVersion().c_str());
+    ASSERT_STREQ("2023.1.0", LibraryVersion::getVersion().c_str());
   }
 }