The version is now calculated internally.

examples/java/example.mustache

@@ -14,15 +14,7 @@ public final class {{className}} {
     public final static int PATCH = {{patch}};
     public final static String PRERELEASE = "{{preRelease}}";
     public final static String BUILDMETA = "{{buildMeta}}";
-
-    /**
-     * The full semantic version string.
-     */
-    public final static String VERSION = Integer.toString(MAJOR) + '.'
-            + Integer.toString(MINOR) + '.'
-            + Integer.toString(PATCH)
-            + ((!PRERELEASE.isEmpty()) ? "-" + PRERELEASE : "")
-            + ((!BUILDMETA.isEmpty()) ? "+" + BUILDMETA : "");
+    public final static String VERSION = "{{version}}";
 
     /**
      * Disables the default constructor.

examples/kotlin/example.mustache

@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ object {{className}} {
     val PRERELEASE = "{{preRelease}}"
     @JvmField
     val BUILDMETA = "{{buildMeta}}"
-
-    /**
-    * The full semantic version string.
-    */
     @JvmField
-    val VERSION = ("$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH" + if (PRERELEASE.isNotEmpty()) "-$PRERELEASE" else ""
-        + if (BUILDMETA.isNotEmpty()) "+$BUILDMETA" else "")
+    val VERSION = "{{version}}"
 }