[HBASE-4549] Add thrift API to read version and build date of HBase

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Component/s: Thrift
• Tags: thrift
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Song Liu
• Created: 06/Oct/11 22:25
• Updated: 12/Jun/22 19:33
• Resolved: 11/Apr/15 00:54

Description

Adding API to get the hbase server version and build date will be helpful for the client to communicate with different versions of the server accordingly.

class VersionInfo can be reused to provide required information.