org.oscelot.webct.dao
Class WebCTApplication

java.lang.Object
  org.oscelot.webct.dao.WebCTApplication

public class WebCTApplication

extends java.lang.Object

The WebCTApplication class provides methods which relate to the WebCT installation

Version:

2.5 (31-Oct-11)

Author:

Stephen P Vickers

Field Summary

static int	MAJOR_VERSION_AP1
static int	MAJOR_VERSION_AP2
static int	MAJOR_VERSION_V8

Constructor Summary

WebCTApplication()

Method Summary

static int	getApplicationBuildVersion() Get the current build version of WebCT
static int	getApplicationMajorVersion() Get the current major version of WebCT
static int	getApplicationMinorVersion() Get the current minor version of WebCT
static int	getApplicationPatchVersion() Get the current patch version of WebCT
static java.lang.String	getApplicationRelease() Get the current release of WebCT
static java.lang.String	getApplicationVersion() Get the current version of WebCT
static java.lang.String	getInstanceName(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Get the name of the proxy tool instance
static boolean	isDatabaseOracle() Is this WebCT installation using an Oracle database?
static boolean	isDatabaseSQLServer() Is this WebCT installation using a Microsoft SQL Server database?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MAJOR_VERSION_AP1

public static final int MAJOR_VERSION_AP1

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Constant Field Values

MAJOR_VERSION_AP2

public static final int MAJOR_VERSION_AP2

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Constant Field Values

MAJOR_VERSION_V8

public static final int MAJOR_VERSION_V8

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

WebCTApplication

public WebCTApplication()

Method Detail

isDatabaseOracle

public static boolean isDatabaseOracle()

Is this WebCT installation using an Oracle database?

Returns:

true if the database is Oracle

isDatabaseSQLServer

public static boolean isDatabaseSQLServer()

Is this WebCT installation using a Microsoft SQL Server database?

Returns:

true if the database is Microsoft SQL Server

getApplicationVersion

public static java.lang.String getApplicationVersion()
                                              throws VistaDataException

Get the current version of WebCT

Returns:

a string comprising the major, minor, patch and build version numbers separated by periods (e.g. 14.0.3.10)

Throws:

VistaDataException

getApplicationRelease

public static java.lang.String getApplicationRelease()
                                              throws VistaDataException

Get the current release of WebCT

Returns:

a string comprising the version, minor version and service pack numbers separated by periods (e.g. 8.0.6). Versions prior to Release 8 do not include a service pack number and comprise both the Vista and Campus Edition release values (e.g. 4.2/6.2).

Throws:

VistaDataException

getApplicationMajorVersion

public static int getApplicationMajorVersion()
                                      throws VistaDataException

Get the current major version of WebCT

Returns:

the number of the major version of WebCT

Throws:

VistaDataException

getApplicationMinorVersion

public static int getApplicationMinorVersion()
                                      throws VistaDataException

Get the current minor version of WebCT

Returns:

the number of the minor version of WebCT

Throws:

VistaDataException

getApplicationPatchVersion

public static int getApplicationPatchVersion()
                                      throws VistaDataException

Get the current patch version of WebCT

Returns:

the number of the patch version of WebCT

Throws:

VistaDataException

getApplicationBuildVersion

public static int getApplicationBuildVersion()
                                      throws VistaDataException

Get the current build version of WebCT

Returns:

the number of the build version of WebCT

Throws:

VistaDataException

getInstanceName

public static java.lang.String getInstanceName(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Get the name of the proxy tool instance

Returns:

the name of the proxy tool instance