A compile-time constant containing the current version of the ANTLR 4
runtime library.
<p>
This compile-time constant value allows generated parsers and other
libraries to include a literal reference to the version of the ANTLR 4
runtime library the code was compiled against. At each release, we
change this value.</p>
with the individual components defined as follows.</p>
<ul>
<li><em>major</em> is a required non-negative integer, and is equal to
{@code 4} for ANTLR 4.</li>
<li><em>minor</em> is a required non-negative integer.</li>
<li><em>patch</em> is an optional non-negative integer. When
<em>patch</em> is omitted, the {@code .} (dot) appearing before it is
also omitted.</li>
<li><em>revision</em> is an optional non-negative integer, and may only
be included when <em>patch</em> is also included. When <em>revision</em>
is omitted, the {@code .} (dot) appearing before it is also omitted.</li>
<li><em>suffix</em> is an optional string. When <em>suffix</em> is
omitted, the {@code -} (hyphen-minus) appearing before it is also
omitted.</li>
</ul>
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A compile-time constant containing the current version of the ANTLR 4 runtime library.
<p> This compile-time constant value allows generated parsers and other libraries to include a literal reference to the version of the ANTLR 4 runtime library the code was compiled against. At each release, we change this value.</p>
<p>Version numbers are assumed to have the form
<em>major</em>.<em>minor</em>.<em>patch</em>.<em>revision</em>-<em>suffix</em>,
with the individual components defined as follows.</p>
<ul> <li><em>major</em> is a required non-negative integer, and is equal to {@code 4} for ANTLR 4.</li> <li><em>minor</em> is a required non-negative integer.</li> <li><em>patch</em> is an optional non-negative integer. When <em>patch</em> is omitted, the {@code .} (dot) appearing before it is also omitted.</li> <li><em>revision</em> is an optional non-negative integer, and may only be included when <em>patch</em> is also included. When <em>revision</em> is omitted, the {@code .} (dot) appearing before it is also omitted.</li> <li><em>suffix</em> is an optional string. When <em>suffix</em> is omitted, the {@code -} (hyphen-minus) appearing before it is also omitted.</li> </ul> @read