fix: semver usage

Author: RobPasMue

src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/client.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import grpc
 from grpc._channel import _InactiveRpcError
 from grpc_health.v1 import health_pb2, health_pb2_grpc
+import semver
 
 from ansys.geometry.core.connection.backend import BackendType
 from ansys.geometry.core.connection.defaults import DEFAULT_HOST, DEFAULT_PORT, MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH
@@ -193,10 +194,12 @@ def __init__(
         # retrieve the backend version
         if hasattr(grpc_backend_response, "version"):
             ver = grpc_backend_response.version
-            self._backend_version = f"{ver.major_release}.{ver.minor_release}.{ver.service_pack}"
+            self._backend_version = semver.Version(
+                ver.major_release, ver.minor_release, ver.service_pack
+            )
         else:
             logger.warning("The backend version is only available after 24.1 version.")
-            self._backend_version = "24.1.0"
+            self._backend_version = semver.Version(24, 1, 0)
 
     @property
     def backend_type(self) -> BackendType:
@@ -214,15 +217,14 @@ def backend_type(self) -> BackendType:
         return self._backend_type
 
     @property
-    def backend_version(self) -> str:
+    def backend_version(self) -> semver.Version:
         """
         Get the current backend version.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        str
-            Backend version in semantic versioning format (that is, Ansys 24R1 SP2
-            would be ``24.1.2``).
+        semver.Version
+            Backend version.
         """
         return self._backend_version
 

src/ansys/geometry/core/misc/checks.py

@@ -331,19 +331,19 @@ def min_backend_version(major: int, minor: int, service_pack: int):
 
     def backend_version_decorator(method):
         def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            method_version = f"{major}.{minor}.{service_pack}"
+            method_version = semver.Version(major, minor, service_pack)
             if hasattr(self, "_grpc_client"):
                 if self._grpc_client is None:
                     raise GeometryRuntimeError(
                         "The client is not available. You must initialize the client first."
                     )
                 elif self._grpc_client.backend_version is not None:
-                    comp = semver.Version.compare(method_version, self._grpc_client.backend_version)
+                    comp = method_version.compare(self._grpc_client.backend_version)
                     # if comp is 1, method version is higher than backend version.
                     if comp == 1:
 
                         # Check if the version is "0.0.0" (i.e., the version is not available)
-                        if self._grpc_client.backend_version == "0.0.0":
+                        if str(self._grpc_client.backend_version) == "0.0.0":
                             raise GeometryRuntimeError(
                                 f"The method '{method.__name__}' requires a minimum Ansys release version of "  # noqa: E501
                                 + f"{method_version}, but the current version used is 24.1.0 or lower."  # noqa: E501