boolean firstRun = true;
            boolean retry = true;

            // this will run at most twice. The first time, the firstRun flag is turned off, and if the retry flag
            // is set on the first run, it will be turned off and not re-set on the second try. This is because the
            // only way the retry flag can be set is if ( firstRun == true ).
            while (firstRun || retry) {

                <configuration>
                    <ignoreMissingFile>false</ignoreMissingFile>
                    <file>${project.build.sourceDirectory}/junit/runner/Version.java.template</file>
                    <outputFile>${project.build.sourceDirectory}/junit/runner/Version.java</outputFile>
                    <regex>false</regex>
                    <token>@version@</token>
                    <value>${project.version}</value>