Generate Build.java file with data from the build.

Currently includes build version and time, but additional build-time static
data can be easily added in the future.

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /*/target/
+core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Build.java

core/pom.xml

@@ -56,6 +56,51 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>gen-build</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <tstamp>
+                  <format property="build_time" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"/>
+                </tstamp>
+                <copy file="${project.build.sourceDirectory}/com/threerings/getdown/data/Build.java.tmpl"
+                      tofile="${project.build.sourceDirectory}/com/threerings/getdown/data/Build.java"
+                      overwrite="true">
+                  <filterset>
+                    <filter token="build_time" value="${build_time}"/>
+                    <filter token="build_version" value="${project.version}"/>
+                  </filterset>
+                </copy>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <filesets>
+            <fileset>
+              <directory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}/</directory>
+              <includes>
+                <include>com/threerings/getdown/data/Build.java</include>
+              </includes>
+              <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+            </fileset>
+          </filesets>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>

core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Build.java.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//
+// Getdown - application installer, patcher and launcher
+// Copyright (C) 2004-2016 Getdown authors
+// https://github.com/threerings/getdown/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+package com.threerings.getdown.data;
+
+/**
+ * Contains static data provided during the build process.
+ */
+public class Build {
+
+    /** The date and time at which the code was built: in {@code yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm} format. */
+    public static String time () {
+        return "@build_time@";
+    }
+
+    /** The Maven version of the Getdown project. */
+    public static String version () {
+        return "@build_version@";
+    }
+}

launcher/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import com.samskivert.util.StringUtil;
 
 import com.threerings.getdown.data.Application.UpdateInterface.Step;
 import com.threerings.getdown.data.Application;
+import com.threerings.getdown.data.Build;
 import com.threerings.getdown.data.Resource;
 import com.threerings.getdown.data.SysProps;
 import com.threerings.getdown.net.Downloader;
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ public abstract class Getdown extends Thread
             return;
         }
 
+        log.info("Getdown starting", "version", Build.version(), "built", Build.time());
+
         // determine whether or not we can write to our install directory
         File instdir = _app.getLocalPath("");
         if (!instdir.canWrite()) {