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New in release 0.17 (Jul 15, 2005)
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* gnu.xml fix for nodes created outside a namespace context.
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* Add support for output indenting and cdata-section-elements output
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instruction in xml.transform.
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* xml.xpath corrections for cases where elements/attributes might have
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been created in non-namespace-aware mode. Corrections to handling of
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XSL variables and minor conformance updates.
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* DefaultMutableTreeNode preorder, postorder, depthFirst and breadthFirst
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traversal enumerations implemented.
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* JInternalFrame colors and titlebar draw properly.
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* JTree is working up to par (icons, selection and keyboard traversal).
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* JMenus were made more compatible in visual and programmatic behavior.
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* JTable changeSelection and multiple selections implemented.
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* JButton and JToggleButton change states work properly now.
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* JFileChooser fixes.
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* revalidate and repaint fixes which make Free Swing much more responsive.
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* Correctly handle system call interrupts and timeouts in native nio
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and net functions.
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* MetalIconFactory implemented.
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* Handle image loading errors correctly for gdkpixbuf and MediaTracker.
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* Added Tree World to GNU Classpath examples Free Swing demo.
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* FileChannel.lock() and FileChannel.force() implemented.
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* java.util.logging.FileHandler now rotates files.
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* Better handle GDK lock. Properly prefix gtkpeer native functions (cp_gtk).
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* Corba bug fixes and documentation updates.
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* Updated gcj build infrastructure.
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* Documentation fixes all over the place.
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See http://developer.classpath.org/doc/
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* VM Integration Guide updates with a full section on VM/Classpath hooks.
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New in release 0.16 (Jun 30, 2005)
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* Better GTK scrollbar peer implementation when using GTK >= 2.6.
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* GdkGraphics2D has been updated to use Cairo 0.5.x APIs.
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* BufferedImage and GtkImage rewrites. All image drawing operations
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should now work correctly (flipping requires gtk+ >= 2.6)
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* Future Graphics2D, Image and Text work is documented at:
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http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathGraphicsImagesText
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* Free Swing Top-Level Compatibility. JFrame, JDialog, JApplet,
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JInternalFrame, and JWindow are now 1.5 compatible in the sense that you
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can call add() and setLayout() directly on them, which will have the same
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effect as calling getContentPane().add() and getContentPane().setLayout().
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* The JTree interface has been completed. JTrees now recognizes mouse clicks
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and selections work, but the visual implementation is not yet complete.
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Work on expansion and collapsing of the tree nodes is being implemented.
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* BoxLayout works properly now.
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* Fixed GrayFilter to actually work.
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* Metal SplitPane implemented.
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* Lots of free swing text and editor stuff work now.
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* When gtk+ 2.6 or higher is installed the default log handler will produce
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stack traces whenever a WARNING, CRITICAL or ERROR message is produced.
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* The CORBA implementation is now a working prototype that should support
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features up till 1.3 inclusive.
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We would invite groups writing CORBA dependent applications to
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try Classpath implementation, reporting any possible bugs.
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The CORBA prototype is interoperable with Sun's implementation v 1.4,
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transferring object references, primitive types, narrow and wide
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strings, arrays, structures, trees, abstract interfaces and
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value types (feature of CORBA 2.3) between these two platforms.
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The remote exceptions are transferred and handled correctly.
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The stringified object references (IORs) from various sources are
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parsed as required.
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The transient (for current session) and permanent (till jre restart)
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redirections work.
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Both Little and Big Endian encoded messages are accepted.
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The implementation is verified using tests from the former cost.omg.org.
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The current release includes working examples (see the examples directory),
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demonstrating the client-server communication, using either CORBA Request
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or IDL-based stub (usually generated by a IDL to java compiler).
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These examples also show how to use the Classpath CORBA naming service.
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The IDL to java compiler is not yet written, but as our library must be
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compatible, it naturally accepts the output of other idlj implementations.
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* New --with-vm-classes configure option, and new 'build' setting
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for --with-glibj. (Only for integrators.)
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Runtime interface changes:
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* Start of a generic JDWP framework in gnu/classpath/jdwp.
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This is unfinished, but feedback (at classpath@gnu.org) from runtime
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hackers is greatly appreciated. Although most of the work is currently
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being done around gcj/gij we want this framework to be as VM neutral as
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possible. Early design is described in:
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http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2005-05/msg00260.html
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* Native method VMClass.getModifiers() now takes an additional
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boolean parameter.
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* Deprecated native method VMClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader,
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String, byte[], int, int) has been replaced by
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VMClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader, String, byte[], int, int,
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ProtectionDomain)
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* VMClassLoader.loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) is now native,
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replacing the former version which just returned null.
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* Deprecated native method VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass(String) has
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been replaced by new native method VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass(char).
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* Previously empty implementations of methods VMThread.countStackFrames(),
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VMThrowable.fillInStackTrace(), and VMThrowable.getStackTrace() have
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been removed; these methods are now native methods.
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* Fields "exceptionTypes" and "parameterTypes" have been removed from
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Contructor.java and getExceptionTypes() and getParameterTypes() are
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now native methods.
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New in release 0.15 (Apr 29, 2005)
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* The old character encoding framework (gnu.java.io.EncodingManager)
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has been replaced by a system based completely on nio.charset
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providers. Many converters have been added, both the io, lang and nio
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frameworks now use the same set of converters and the whole character
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stream framework (Readers and Writers) have been optimized. For some
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workloads this leads to 2x till 20x speedups.
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The default charsets supported are:
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Cp424, Cp437, Cp737, Cp775, Cp850, Cp852, Cp855, Cp857, Cp860, Cp861,
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Cp862, Cp863, Cp864, Cp865, Cp866, Cp869, Cp874, ISO_8859_1, ISO_8859_13,
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ISO_8859_15, ISO_8859_2, ISO_8859_3, ISO_8859_4, ISO_8859_5, ISO_8859_6,
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ISO_8859_7, ISO_8859_8, ISO_8859_9, KOI_8, MS874, MacCentralEurope,
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MacCroatian, MacCyrillic, MacDingbat, MacGreek, MacIceland, MacRoman,
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MacRomania, MacSymbol, MacThai, MacTurkish, US_ASCII, UTF_16, UTF_16BE,
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UTF_16Decoder, UTF_16Encoder, UTF_16LE, UTF_8, UnicodeLittle, Windows1250,
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Windows1251, Windows1252, Windows1253, Windows1254, Windows1255,
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Windows1256, Windows1257, Windows1258.
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Many more encoding are supported through the new IconvProvider
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depending on the platform iconv support. GNU libiconv is recommended.
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The IconvProvider is currently not enabled by default. To enable it
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define the system property gnu.classpath.nio.charset.provider.iconv=true.
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Some runtimes might choose to enable this by default by setting it
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through VMSystemProperties. We would like to get feedback on whether
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enabling or disabling the IconvProvider by default results in the
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highest speedups.
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* Free swing metal and pluggable look and feels have been improved.
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The GNU Classpath free swing example can now be run with different
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"skins" by setting the system property swing.defaultlaf to the GNU,
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Basic or Metal look and feel.
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* Some of the org.omg.CORBA classes and packages have now been
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implemented. The Savannah bug tracker contains additional tasks for
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which we are seeking help.
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* Fixed compatibility problems in the java.beans which affected
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Eclipse's Visual Editor Project.
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* New completely lock free (Inheritable)ThreadLocal implementation.
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* javax.swing.text.rtf framework added which can handle simple (plain)
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text tokens.
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* Support for parsing html files into Level 2 Document Object Model
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(org.w3c.dom.html2 and javax.swing.text.html.parser). And a start of
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javax.swing.text.html framework added.
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Runtime interface changes:
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* jni.h changed to better support compiling runtimes implementing jni;
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see VM integration guide for details.
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* New --enable-default-toolkit option to configure can be used to set
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the fully qualified class name of the default AWT toolkit to use.
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If not given, the old default of gnu.java.awt.peerk.gtk.GtkToolkit
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is used.
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* New --disable-core-jni option can be used to disable building the
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"core" JNI libraries. This is primarily useful if your VM can use the
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Gtk peers but not the core JNI libraries.
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* New system property "gnu.classpath.boot.library.path" can be specified
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to define the location of the JNI libraries. It is by all means meant
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ONLY for VM implementors and GNU Classpath hackers. See the hacking
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guide for more information.
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* The helper methods currentLoader() and allocateObject() for
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java.io.ObjectInputStream have been moved to a VMObjectInputStream class.
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Reference implementations are provided.
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* java.net.InetAddress now uses VMInetAddress for runtime/platform
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specific methods getLocalHostname(), getHostByAddr() and
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getHostByName(). java.net.NetworkInterface now uses VMNetworkInterface
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for runtime/platform specific getInterfaces() support. Default
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(Posix/GNU JNI) implementations are provided.
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* VMClass has a new method getModifiers(Class, boolean) which can be
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used to get the real modifiers for an inner class or the ones
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specified by the InnerClasses attribute.
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* All (possible) runtime specific methods of Object and Double are now
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in VMObject and VMDouble. Where possible generic reference
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implementations are provided.
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* The reference implementation of VMClassLoader now handles zip files
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on the boot loader class path in getResources().
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Other changes:
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New in release 0.14 (Feb 25, 2005)
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* Character encoders and decoders have been added for:
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iso-8859-6 (arabic), iso-8859-7 (greek), iso-8859-8 (hebrew),
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iso-8859-9 (latin-5), iso-8859-13, iso-8859-15 (latin-9), cp1047 (ebcdic),
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ebcdic-xml-us,ascii, windows-1250, windows-1252, UTF-16BE (Big Endian),
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UTF-16LE (Little Endian), UTF-32BE (Big Endian), UTF-32LE (Little Endian).
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* Full documentation for all classes can be generated (again) by using
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the --with-gjdoc configure option.
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* javax.awt.imageio support through gdkpixbuf.
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Runtime interface changes:
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* VMSecurityManager has been replaced by gnu.classpath.VMStackWalker.
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currentClassLoader() is no longer needed, and there are also two new
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methods with non-native implementations. VM implementors are encouraged
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to provide more efficient versions.
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* VMRuntime.nativeLoad() now takes an additional ClassLoader parameter.
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New in release 0.13 (Jan 6, 2005)
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* The http url protocol handler has been replaced with a full HTTP/1.1
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version from GNU inetlib.
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* A new ftp url protocol handler has been added also from GNU inetlib.
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* java.beans has been updated to 1.4 including support for XMLEncoder
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and XMLDecoder.
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* The java.util.Locale support is now based on the Common Locale Data
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Repository (CLDR) Project (see http://www.unicode.org/cldr/).
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GNU Classpath provides support for more than 250 locales now.
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This new support is experimental and the GNU Classpath hackers are
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working together with runtime developers and the unicode consortium
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to improve them in the future.
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If your runtime misdetects your locale or if the default locale gives
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problems please try running with -Duser.language=en and -Duser.region=US
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to fall back on a known good locale.
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* Added implementations of javax.xml (JAXP 1.3), org.xml.sax (SAX2) and
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org.w3c.dom (DOM Level 3) interfaces. It is possible to switch between
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different implementations AElfred2, GNU DOM, GNU XSL, libxmlj SAX,
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libxmlj DOM and libxmlj XSL by setting different system properties.
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Also provided is a preliminary XPath 1.0 implementation.
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The libxmlj versions are build around libxml2 and libxslt and have to
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be enabled during build time by the --enable-xmlj configure flag.
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The current support is equal to the last released GNU JAXP 1.3 release.
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These packages will be maintained as part of the GNU Classpath core classes
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in the future. For more information, conformance results and documentation
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on selecting different implementations see doc/README.jaxp.
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* More AWT accessible support.
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* AWT gtk+ peers component layout, dialog placement, keyboard focus
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handling and text positioning have been improved.
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* ImageIO interfaces are more complete.
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* JList, JTable and JTree have been hugely improved.
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* java.awt.Robot support with GdkRobot in the gtk+ awt peers.
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Needs XTest Extension (libXtst) XServer support.
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* New --disable-examples configure argument.
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Runtime interface changes:
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* Added a new method (VMRuntime.enableShutdownHooks) that enables the VM
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to lazily register an exit handler.
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* The java.lang.Class constructor now automatically sets the protection
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domain for array classes, based on the protection domain of the component
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type class.
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* New gnu.classpath.VMSystemProperties class. This replaces the
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system properties initialization in VMRuntime. Note that it is
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now the VMs responsibility to set one additional property:
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gnu.cpu.endian should be set to "big" or "little".
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* VMRuntime.nativeGetLibname() has been renamed to VMRuntime.mapLibraryName()
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and has only one argument, the name of the library.
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* String and StringBuffer now call VMSystem.arraycopy() directly and don't
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go through java.lang.System. Be careful to not initialize java.lang.System
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early in the bootstrap sequence in your VM runtime interface classes.
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* Some (wrong) documentation about the behavior of VMThread.sleep(0, 0)
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has been updated. Also, VMThread.sleep() now has a default non-native
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implementation, but it is a generic implementation that ignores the
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nano-seconds argument. Runtime hackers are encouraged to provide a more
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efficient version.
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* There is prelimenary support for nio direct byte buffers.
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See VMDirectByteBuffer. Please contact the GNU Classpath mailinglist when
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you add support for this to your runtime.
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New in release 0.12 (Nov 14, 2004)
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* GNU Classpath's JAR implementation now has preliminary support for
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signed entries, for so called "signed JAR" file support. Signed JAR
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files are one of the key security features of managed runtimes, and
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allows code to run privileged given unforgeable proofs of identity.
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* A much improved version of X.509 certificates has been added,
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including a robust certificate path checking algorithm. Also
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included is an implementation of the RSA signature scheme.
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* Full java.awt.color implementation, with all standard ICC profiles,
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except for PhotoYCC color space.
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* java.beans 1.4 updates and bug fixes.
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* java.awt.image support updated to 1.4.
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* Improved build process. Uses less memory with gcj and C code is
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buildable with -Werror on most platform. Please configure with
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--enable-Werror and report any remaining issues.
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* Big-endian (PowerPC) fixes for native awt GTK+ peers.
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* Checkstyle support, see scripts/checkstyle-config.xml.
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* Better AWT focus management fro GTK+ peers.
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* Much faster and better fonts support
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(for both gdk Graphics and cairo Graphics2D)
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* AWT Choice fixes for hidden components.
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* HTTP Connection Handler fixes for POST support.
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* Much fuller collection documentation.
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* Lots of Calendar bug fixes.
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* More javax.imageio support.
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* Better AWT Help MenuBar support.
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* Lookahead support for regular expressions.
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* Serialization object stream fixes for multiple ClassLoader scenarios.
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* Swing TabbedPane, ColorChooser and ComboBox improvements.
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* Start of JTree functionality.
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* Improved Eclipse 3 support for GNU Classpath based runtimes.
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Runtime interface Changes:
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* New --enable-java-lang-system-explicit-initialization configuration
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option. (Warning, will be replaced in next release, please consult
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the mailinglist.)
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* The reference implementation of VMClassLoader has default
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implementations for getResource(s) and provides support for a new
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default getSystemClassLoader implementation.
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New in release 0.11 (Sep 13, 2004)
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* javax.swing.Spring and SpringLayout support.
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* Added pluggable look and feel support for BasicTextFieldUI and
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BasicToolBarSeparatorUI.
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* java.swing.text support for (Default and Layered) Highlighter, FieldView,
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PlainView, TabExpander and TabableView added.
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* Start of JTable and JTree implementation.
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* Internal Swing frames work.
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* JMenu and JPopupMenu work.
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* New gtk+ AWT FileDialog peer now based on gtk+2.4 or higher.
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* java.awt.image LookupTables and kernel support.
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* Improved java.awt.image.BufferedImage support.
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* AWT 1.0 event model support.
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* GNU Classpath now comes with some example programs (see examples/README).
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* New javax.crypto, javax.crypto.interfaces, javax.crypto.spec, javax.net,
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javax.net.ssl, javax.security.auth, javax.security.auth.callback,
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javax.security.auth.login, javax.security.auth.x500, javax.security.sasl
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and org.ietf.jgss packages are now officially part of GNU Classpath.
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Extra crypto algorithms can be obtained from the GNU Crypto project,
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a full TLS implementation is provided by the Jessie project.
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http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-crypto/
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http://www.nongnu.org/jessie/
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* Frame.setIconImage() support.
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* AWT GDKGraphics scaling.
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* New configure flag --enable-gtk-cairo to build Graphics2D implementation
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build on cairo and pangoft2. Enabled at runtime by defining the system
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property gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.Graphics=Graphics2D.
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* javax.swing.JSpinner implemented.
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* Extensive documentation update for java.util collection classes.
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* java.awt.geom completed. Area, Arc2D, Ellipse2D and Line2D implemented.
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* GNU JAXP is no longer included with GNU Classpath. Runtime, compiler and
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tool integrators are encouraged to directly integrate GNU JAXP.
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This release has been tested against GNU JAXP 1.1.
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http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/jaxp/jaxp.html
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* JColorChooser, JComboBox and JTextField implemented, including example
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uses in GNU Classpath Examples swing Demo.
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Runtime interface Changes:
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* java.lang.Compiler now uses the new java.lang.VMCompiler; there is
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a reference implementation that most VMs can use.
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* java.lang.VMSystem has a new getenv(String) method and a reference C/JNI
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implementation that should work on most Posix like systems.
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* java.util.TimeZone has been split into a platform independent class and
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a platform dependent class VMTimeZone. GNU Classpath comes with a generic
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way to get at the default time zone for Posix/GNU-like platforms.
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* [VM]AccessController improvements. In particular it handles
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`doPrivileged' calls better, and allows for recursive `doPrivileged'
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calls in the same Thread. (see vm/reference/java/security/)
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New in release 0.10 (Jul 9, 2004)
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* java.net.URL now uses application classloader to load URLStreamHandlers
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and reuses URLStreamHandlers when URL is reset (but protocol isn't changed).
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* java.io.File.deleteOnExit() implementation.
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* java.text multiple new features and bug fixes
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(only 2 out of the 1000+ java.text Mauve tests now fail).
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* Better (non-black) default AWT System colors.
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* AWT lists use GTK treeviews.
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* Proper AWT focus management has been implemented.
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* Swing menus and scrollpanes are beginning to work.
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* Swing splitpanes, dialogs and internal frames were added.
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* Swing repainting / double buffering was redone.
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* Font management and Pango DPI conversion fixes.
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* A lot of AWT imaging and event bugs have been picked out.
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* More of javax.swing.text has been implemented.
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* javax.swing.Timer has been reimplemented.
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* java.security.AccessController has been implemented
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(see runtime section).
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* The default java.lang.SecurityManager now uses AccessController.
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* New java.beans.Statement and Expression implementations.
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* Small FileChannel implementation speed improvement for traditional
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JNI based systems.
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* Regenerated all included JNI header files with gcjh (3.5 CVS),
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removes extra extern modifier and allows stricter compiler warning.
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* More C code cleanups (-Wmissing-declarations, -Wmissing-prototypes and
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-Wstring-prototypes) and jni.h fixes (a few funtion prototype fixes,
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made it compilable with C++ compilers and jni.h got renamed from jni.h.in).
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* Double.toString() and Float.toString() now work properly on 64-bit
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PowerPC systems.
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* PPC Darwin, arm, x86-64 and s/390 JNI C code compilation fixes.
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* Build system refactored and removed old Japhar specific support.
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* The gnu.java.awt.EmbeddedWindow class has been improved, and now
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supports embedding AWT windows in other top-level X windows.
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This functionality is required by gcjwebplugin.
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* gcjwebplugin, an applet viewer that can be embedded into several web
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browsers, has been extensively tested with this release of classpath.
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(See http://www.nongnu.org/gcjwebplugin/)
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* Runtime environments based on GNU Classpath 0.10 should be able to
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start up Eclipse 3.0 out of the box now.
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Runtime interface Changes:
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* VMProcess.destroy() default implementation fixes.
|
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* Fixed the "portable native sync" code; it had been broken since
|
|
Classpath release 0.06, when we upgraded to GTK+2.
|
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Classpath's AWT peers use GTK+. GTK+ uses GLIB. GLIB by default uses
|
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the platform's native threading model -- pthreads in most cases.
|
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If the Java runtime doesn't use the native threading model, then you should
|
|
specify --portable-native-sync when configuring Classpath, so that GLIB will
|
|
use the Java threading primitives instead. (For a superior alternative,
|
|
see below.)
|
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* The VM can set the system property
|
|
gnu.classpath.awt.gtk.portable.native.sync instead of using the
|
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--portable-native-sync configure-type option.
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See doc/vmintegration.texinfo for details.
|
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* We intend that the next release of GNU Classpath will require the VM
|
|
to provide JNI 1.2. Classpath currently uses only JNI 1.1, except for
|
|
one JNI 1.2 function: GetEnv(), in the JNI Invocation API.
|
|
If this poses problems, please raise them on the classpath mailing list.
|
|
* The reference implementation of VMThread.holdsLock(Object) now has
|
|
a default implementation written in java. For efficiency and to
|
|
prevent spurious wakeups a real 'native' runtime version can be supplied.
|
|
* There is a new java.security.VMAccessController class that runtimes need
|
|
to implement to properly support SecurityManagers. The default
|
|
implementation that comes with GNU Classpath makes sure that ANY attempt
|
|
to access a protected resource is denied when a SecurityManager is
|
|
installed. Which is pretty secure, but also no very useful.
|
|
Please see the documentation in
|
|
vm/reference/java/security/VMAccessController.java,
|
|
and please give feedback on the GNU Classpath mailinglist whether or not
|
|
the current AccessController framework is flexible enough.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.09 (May 2, 2004)
|
|
|
|
* Includes updated GNU JAXP version from 2004-02-01.
|
|
* Native C code is now -ansi -pedantic (C89) clean and (almost) -Wall clean.
|
|
* java.io is now implemented by delegating most tasks directly to java.nio.
|
|
* Reworked/Optimized implementations of java.nio.Buffer and subclasses.
|
|
* New javax.print, javax.print.attribute[.standard] and javax.print.event
|
|
packages and classes.
|
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* java.text attributed iterators support.
|
|
* New javax.imageio, javax.imageio.event and javax.imageio.spi packages and
|
|
classes.
|
|
* GNU Classpath can now load service providers that are described via
|
|
META-INF/services/* resources in extension JARs. This is useful for
|
|
implementing the various APIs that are supposed to be extensible via
|
|
custom plugins. For details, please see the documentation of
|
|
gnu.classpath.ServiceFactory.
|
|
Application developers are strongly discouraged from calling glibj
|
|
internal packages. Instead, they might want invoke the newly implemented
|
|
javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry.lookupProviders, which is a standard
|
|
method for loading plug-ins.
|
|
* New developers wanting to help the GNU Classpath project might want to
|
|
review the greatly expanded Hacker Guide included in the doc directory
|
|
or online at http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/docs/hacking.html
|
|
Also the FAQ has been expanded. And when working from CVS you can now use
|
|
a simple autogen.sh script to get all autotools magic done automagically.
|
|
* New configure option --with-glibj which defines how to install the glibj
|
|
class files as zip, as flat directory files or both (zip|flat|both)
|
|
[default=zip]. When working with multiple runtimes some of which might
|
|
not support bootstrap classes in zip files the --with-glibj=both option
|
|
is recommended (this does take extra disc space).
|
|
* Two big code drops from the libgcj gui branch updating various java.awt
|
|
and javax.swing classes.
|
|
* Multiple java.net.InetAdress fixes and java.rmi fixes.
|
|
* ServerSocket.accept() now restarts listening when system call interrupted.
|
|
* Much cleanups to make standard API doc valid XHTML (not completed yet).
|
|
* A scan for unused variables and non-static invocation of static methods
|
|
turned up a couple of subtle bugs which have now all been fixed.
|
|
* The Mauve testsuite has been cleaned up considerable and lots of issues
|
|
in the GNU Classpath core class implementation have been fixed.
|
|
|
|
VM Interface changes:
|
|
|
|
* java.lang.Class/VMClass interface was changed. The interface now no
|
|
longer requires an instance of VMClass for each Class instance. Instead
|
|
the field vmdata in Class is now of type Object.
|
|
* GNU Classpath now assumes that JNI calls SetXField can modify final
|
|
fields. This was previously used silently for System.in/out/err and should
|
|
be considered as a feature now.
|
|
* A new VMProcess and a sample JNI C implementation are now provided to
|
|
make Runtime.exec() work out of the box on some systems. This requires
|
|
a small change to VMRuntime.exec() when a runtime wants to use it as the
|
|
default java.lang.Process implementation.
|
|
* The implementation of most of java.io through java.nio moved serveral
|
|
runtime specific I/O methods. Most methods do have a generic default native
|
|
C JNI implementation in native/jni/java-nio.
|
|
* Runtime support methods for java.io.File have been moved to VMFile which
|
|
also comes with a default JNI C implementation.
|
|
* To support the new service provider mechanism runtimes must make sure that
|
|
extension JARs are made accessible via the default context class loader.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.08 (2004/12/03)
|
|
|
|
* java.util.regexp implementation through gnu.regexp wrappers.
|
|
* java.net.URI implementation.
|
|
* Working implementation of javax.swing.undo.
|
|
* java.awt.geom.CubicCurve2D/QuadCurve2D: Can now solve cubic and quadratic
|
|
equations; implementation adapted from the GNU Scientific Library.
|
|
* Lots of java.awt and gtk+ peer improvements. Also more Swing work. Start
|
|
of EmbeddedWindow support.
|
|
* BufferedReader speed improvements.
|
|
* Improved useabilty of java.text implementation for several applications.
|
|
* ObjectInputStream is much faster and more compatible with other
|
|
implementations.
|
|
* Fix handling of alias methods, where a method has been deprecated in
|
|
favour of a new one with the same funtion but a different name.
|
|
(See Deprecated Methods section in the GNU Classpath Hacking Guide.)
|
|
* javax.print.attribute.standard added.
|
|
* Lots of java.nio, java.net, java.io
|
|
* Depend on autoconf 2.59+ and automake 1.7+, GCJ 3.3+, jikes 1.18+.
|
|
|
|
VM Interface changes:
|
|
* Split native methods in java.lang.Runtime into java.lang.VMRuntime.
|
|
* Resources are now also loaded/needed through the bootstrap classloader
|
|
(gnu.regexp needs MessageBundle included in glibj.zip
|
|
|
|
Fixed Classpath bugs:
|
|
#6095 java.awt.geom.QuadCurve2D.solveQuadratic sometimes gives
|
|
wrong results
|
|
#7099 EventListenerList.getListenerCount should accept null argument
|
|
#7104 EventListenerList.add does not work
|
|
#7105 EventListenerList.remove does not work
|
|
#7107 DefaultBoundedRangeModel.setValue and friends should not throw
|
|
And lots more.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.07 (2003/30/11)
|
|
|
|
* Works with libtool 1.5 (and 1.4.3).
|
|
* java.awt gtk+ peers now depend on gtk+ 2.2.x and uses pango.
|
|
Lots and lots improvements on the peers.
|
|
* java.awt.geom.CubicCurve2D, java.awt.geom.QuadCurve2D:
|
|
Subdivision and flatness calculation implemented.
|
|
* java.awt.geom.FlatteningPathIterator: Working implementation.
|
|
* gnu.java.awt.BitwiseXORComposite helper class.
|
|
* New rmic compilers (jikes, kjc) support.
|
|
* java.text bug fixing and 1.4 updates (Currency).
|
|
* Hashtable and HashMap function more similar to other implementations.
|
|
* javax.naming and java.beans classloader fixes.
|
|
* URL parsing, URLConnection, protocol and (needed) permission fixes.
|
|
* More java.nio implementation
|
|
(API complete, but implementation not finished yet).
|
|
* Lots of java.net code cleanup.
|
|
* Improved documentation.
|
|
* Numerous bug fixes in almost every package, and lots of updates for
|
|
1.4 functionality.
|
|
* Fixed Classpath bugs:
|
|
#2944 Incorrect synchronization in java.util.logging.ErrorManager
|
|
#6075 java.awt.geom.GeneralPath.getCurrentPoint returns wrong results
|
|
#6076 java.awt.geom.GeneralPath constructor sometimes hangs
|
|
#6089 java.awt.geom.GeneralPath.getPathIterator does not work
|
|
[...]
|
|
|
|
VM Interface changes:
|
|
|
|
* Thread has been split in a VM-independent Thread class and a VM-dependent
|
|
VMThread class.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.06 (2003/22/08)
|
|
|
|
* Update java.awt peers to GTK+2.
|
|
* java.awt.GridBagLayout implementation.
|
|
* javax.swing.border implementation.
|
|
* java.security and java.security.cert updated to 1.4 spec.
|
|
* New JNI native target code layer. See native/target/readme.txt.
|
|
* --enable-regen-headers configure flag for automatic jni .h file generation.
|
|
* Removed workaround for gcj 3.2 and lower, gcj 3.3+ or jikes 1.18+ is now
|
|
needed for compiling.
|
|
* Lots of improvements and/or new classes for java.awt, java.awt.dnd,
|
|
java.awt.font, java.awt.geom, java.awt.image, java.io, java.math, java.net,
|
|
java.nio, java.rmi, java.text, java.util, javax.swing, javax.swing.plaf,
|
|
javax.swing.text.
|
|
|
|
VM Interface changes:
|
|
|
|
* VMClassLoader.loadClass(), the bootstrap classloader called by
|
|
Class.forName() and ClassLoader.loadClass(), may now return null when
|
|
a class is not found instead of throwing a new ClassNotFoundException.
|
|
This is a performance optimization in some cases. This also changes
|
|
the Class.forName() reference code.
|
|
* Native methods in Class have been moved to VMClass. A few additional
|
|
methods are also available in VMClass to provide optional performance
|
|
improvements.
|
|
* A VM can now supply its own String.intern() strategy through the
|
|
VMString class. The supplied VMString reference class implements the
|
|
original WeakHashMap strategy.
|
|
* Float and Double to/from bits conversion functions can now be supplied by
|
|
the VM through VMFloat and VMDouble. Default JNI conversion methods are
|
|
supplied.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.05 (2003/02/15)
|
|
* Supports free Java VMs Jikes RVM and Kissme out of the box, perhaps others.
|
|
* Supports GNU Crypto 1.1 as the official provider of cryptographic primitives
|
|
and tools for GNU Classpath, available separately from
|
|
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/crypto/crypto.html.
|
|
* Supports GNU Classpath Tools sub-project of GNU Classpath, official provider
|
|
of standard tools such as gjdoc, a javadoc replacement, and others. Future
|
|
releases of GNU Classpath will begin to include these tools, available
|
|
separately from http://www.gnu.org/software/cp-tools/.
|
|
* Java primitives can be used to support AWT native threading, see
|
|
the --enable-portable-native-sync configure option which may become the
|
|
default in a future release.
|
|
* Include file jni.h has been updated to the 1.4 specification.
|
|
* VM specific internal types for jobject, jfieldID, and jmethodID are
|
|
supported in jni.h. More details can be found by reading the comment
|
|
in include/jni.h.in. By default the old definitions are used instead.
|
|
* New VM helper class java.io.VMObjectStreamClass which should provide
|
|
the hasClassInitializer() method. Previously ObjectStreamClass used
|
|
Class.getDeclaredMethod("<clinit>") but according to the spec this
|
|
should always throw NoSuchMethodException for class initialization methods.
|
|
A JNI reference implementation is provided as
|
|
vm/reference/java-io/java_io_VMObjectStreamClass.c
|
|
* There have been numerous infrastructure improvements
|
|
* Configure option --enable-gjdoc to generate javadoc-like output
|
|
* Gjdoc output is included with distribution, see doc/api/html/
|
|
* DESTDIR fully supported for install and uninstall
|
|
* Runtime.execInternal contract changed to allow for null `env'
|
|
and to accept `dir' argument.
|
|
* VMObject.getClass() removed. It was never used.
|
|
* java.lang.Throwable is now a 'normal' GNU Classpath class that uses the
|
|
VM specific java.lang.VMThrowable to get at the VM state and (if needed)
|
|
the StackTraceElements for a particular exception. A default implementation
|
|
(that does nothing) is provided in vm/reference/java/lang/VMThrowable.java.
|
|
* The vm/reference classes from the gnu.vm.stack and their counterparts
|
|
ExecutionStack and StackFrame in gnu.java.lang have been removed since they
|
|
are not actually part of the VM interface anyway.
|
|
* The GPLed com.sun.javadoc classes have been moved to the gjdoc application
|
|
from the GNU Classpath Tools project. See for more information the homepage
|
|
at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/cp-tools/>.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.04 (2002/05/05)
|
|
* Additional configure options to disable zip creation and installation as
|
|
well as disable gtk peer native compilation.
|
|
* Addition of java.nio, java.util.logging, and javax.swing.
|
|
* Integration of most or all of the ORP patches to date, the purpose of
|
|
which are to make it possible to use JBOSS with ORP and Classpath. This
|
|
is still in a testing phase however.
|
|
* Significant changes in the reference VM interface that may require
|
|
support from the JVMs.
|
|
* Lots of bugfixes.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.03 (2002/02/08)
|
|
* More merges with libgcj have been performed including java.math which now
|
|
provides a pure Java implementation of that package.
|
|
Current status at <http://gcc.gnu.org/java/libgcj-classpath-compare.html>
|
|
* A pure Java implementation (Jazzlib) of java.util.zip is available.
|
|
* Added the java.rmi implementation that Transvirtual donated to the FSF.
|
|
* Includes jni.h now, eliminating the need to specify a particular VM
|
|
via configure.
|
|
* No proprietary classes or programs are required to compile.
|
|
Compiles out of the box with jikes or gcj.
|
|
* Separation of compiling Java source and native libraries through the
|
|
configure mechanism. If given no arguments, configure will setup the
|
|
subsequent build to only produce Java bytecode (.class files). More
|
|
information is available in INSTALLING.
|
|
* Support for compiling in a separate directory, as an example you may
|
|
cd classpath-0.03; mkdir build; cd build; ../configure; make
|
|
* Works with Orp 1.0.9 out of the box. Build instructions can be found at
|
|
<http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/doc/orp.html>
|
|
* Lots of bugfixes that were found by using Classpath with the gcj, Orp,
|
|
SableVM, KissMe and Jaos VMs. Please use our bugdatabase at
|
|
<http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group_id=85>
|
|
* Lots of updates to make Classpath more compliant with the 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4
|
|
API specification. The current status can be found at
|
|
<http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/status.html>
|
|
* All files are now distributed under the same terms. Added clarification to
|
|
GPL exception.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.02 (2001/01/06)
|
|
* Support for printing exceptions with Japhar 0.09 + patch included in
|
|
resource/japhar-0.09.patch.1.
|
|
* Typos, assorted bugfixes.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.01 (2000/11/20)
|
|
* More packages are included now, though many remain untested.
|
|
* Support for Japhar 0.09 included.
|
|
|
|
New in release 0.00 (1999/02/01)
|
|
* First official development release of clean room class library for Java
|
|
* Following packages included:
|
|
-- java.beans
|
|
-- java.io
|
|
-- java.lang
|
|
-- java.lang.reflect
|
|
-- java.math
|
|
-- java.net
|
|
-- java.security (partial and non-functioning)
|
|
-- java.security.acl
|
|
-- java.security.interfaces
|
|
-- java.util
|
|
* Code is mostly Java 2 (see JDK 1.2) compatible with some functionality
|
|
missing and/or untested.
|
|
* Support for Japhar (http://www.japhar.org/) virtual machine is included.
|
|
Requires the current Japhar from CVS.
|
|
* Extensive javadoc comments for public API included
|
|
* Licensed under the GNU Library General Public License (see COPYING.LIB)
|
|
* Does not depend on any non-free code - developed in a "clean room"
|
|
environment.
|
|
|