// Several birds with one stone. Getting the server info
// verifies connectivity with the server, and we use the
// results to set the character encoding for future clients
// and confirm the availability of the overview action.
Client client = clientFactory.createClient();
ClientValue serverInfo = client.GetServerInfo();
// Get the server version, which is a string like "9.5.0".
String serverVersion = serverInfo.toString("ServerVersion");
if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO))
LOGGER.info("LIVELINK SERVER VERSION: " + serverVersion);