Set the standard java.lang.Package fields in the MANIFEST

The is a very easy way to get information about a jar trough Package class. Unfortunately we did not configured Maven to set most of the standard fields that Package expect (Specification-* and Implementation-* fields).

Once enabled it mean you can get the version of your module (or the module of any class as easily) by doing

    this.getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion().

See https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-archiver/examples/manifest.html for more.

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