Signed-off-by: Lawan Samarasekara <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/create_version.yml

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sed -i "s/Current Version:.*/Current Version: 3.0.0.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }} (This line will be automatically updated to reflect the latest version)/" README.md
 
-      - name: Update template.xhtml
+      - name: Update VersionController.java
         run: |
-          sed -i "s| V\..*\"\/| V\.3\.0\.0\.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}\.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }}\"\/|" src/main/webapp/resources/template/template.xhtml
+          sed -i "s/private String systemVersion = \".*\";/private String systemVersion = \"3.0.0.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }}\";/" src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VersionController.java
 
       - name: Set Git user name and email
         run: |

src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VersionController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Click nbfs://nbhost/SystemFileSystem/Templates/Licenses/license-default.txt to change this license
+ * Click nbfs://nbhost/SystemFileSystem/Templates/JSF/JSFManagedBean.java to edit this template
+ */
+package com.divudi.bean.common;
+
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author L C J Samarasekara <[email protected]>
+ */
+@Named
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class VersionController {
+
+    private final String fileName = "VERSION.txt";
+    private String systemVersion = ""; // Public vareiable to store the system version read from the file
+
+    public VersionController() {
+        //readFirstLine(); // Load first line content upon bean instantiation
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the first line of the text file and checks if it contains the system version.
+     */
+    public void readFirstLine() {
+    try {
+        // Get the root directory of the application
+        Path rootDirectory = Paths.get("").toAbsolutePath();
+
+        // Construct the file path to VERSION.txt by navigating from the root directory
+        Path versionFilePath = rootDirectory.resolve(fileName);
+
+        System.out.println("versionFilePath = " + versionFilePath);
+
+        // Read the first line from the file
+         String firstLine = Files.lines(versionFilePath).findFirst().orElse(null);
+        if (firstLine != null && !firstLine.isEmpty()) {
+            // Set systemVersion to the content of the first line
+            systemVersion = firstLine.trim();
+        } else {
+            // If the first line is empty or the file does not exist, set systemVersion to "0.0.0.0"
+            systemVersion = "0.0.0.0";
+        }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+        // Handle IOException by printing the stack trace
+        e.printStackTrace();
+        // Set systemVersion to "0.0.0.0" if an IOException occurs
+        systemVersion = "0.0.0.0";
+    }
+}
+
+    // Getter for systemVersion (to make it accessible from XHTML)
+    public String getSystemVersion() {
+        return systemVersion;
+    }
+}

src/main/webapp/resources/template/template.xhtml

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                         <h5><h:outputLabel style="text-transform: uppercase" class="text-left" value="#{sessionController.loggedUser.department.name}"/></h5>
                         <h6 class="mx-2">|</h6>
                         <h6><h:outputLabel value="#{sessionController.loggedUser.name}"/></h6>
-                        <h6><h:outputLabel class="text-left" value="&emsp;V.3.0.0.20240409.1"/></h6>
+                        <h6><h:outputLabel class="text-left" value="&emsp;V.#{versionController.systemVersion}"/></h6>
                     </div>
                 </div>