public class Application {
     private String version;

     public String getVersion() {
        if (version == null) {
            String res = "META-INF/maven/myapp/pom.properties";
            URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(res);
            if (url == null) {
                version = "SNAPSHOT." + Utils.timestamp();
            } else {
                Properties props = Utils.loadProperties(res);
                version = props.getProperty("version");
            }
        }
        return version;
    }
}