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diff --git a/lib/jinterface/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/jinterface/doc/src/notes_history.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8627eb182a --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/jinterface/doc/src/notes_history.xml @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2006</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>Jinteface Release Notes History</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <docno></docno> + <date></date> + <rev></rev> + </header> + + <section> + <title>Jinterface 1.2.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A bug on the constructor for OtpNode which caused + NullPointerException, is fixed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3721</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Jinterface 1.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A new class, AbstractConnection, has been added to deal + with most of the aspects of the Erlang communication + protocol, and which can be subclassed in order to provide + different levels of support to the application as necessary. + OtpConnection is now a subclass to AbstractConnection.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>OtpCookedConnection is a new subclass to + AbstractConnection, which together with OtpNode provides an + intuitive mailbox-based communication mechanism. By using + this interface, applications are no longer required to + manage connections explicitly, since the OtpNode now opens + and manages connections to remote nodes as needed. Outgoing + messages are sent through mailboxes and automatically + dispatched through the correct connections to + the destination node, while incoming messages are queued in + the destination mailbox. This allows parts of an + application to communicate with several peers + simultaneously without the need to sort and dispatch + incoming messages. Additionally, mailboxes can be linked + with Erlang processes or with each other, in much the same + manner that Erlang processes can be linked together.</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Changes and additions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The node class hierarchy has changed. The top class + is now AbstractNode, and direct subclasses are OtpPeer and + OtpLocalNode, of which the latter is extended by OtpNode and + OtpSelf. This does not change the functionality of any of + the existing classes or methods that take node arguments, + however it was necessary in order to group OtpNode and + OtpSelf and to provide some common methods for them.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>OtpServer is now deprecated. Its functionality has + been added to OtpSelf.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>An open OtpConnection no longer requires service on + a regular basis in order to keep the remote Erlang node from + disconnecting. OtpConnection now extends java.lang.Thread so + it can keep the connection open and respond to ticks when + needed, without intervention from the application. Incoming + messages are automatically received and queued for + subsequent retrieval through one of the receive methods.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Tracing of inter-node communication can now be set + on a per-connection basis. The system property + OtpConnection. Trace is still used as before, but now sets + only the initial trace level for new connections. Once a + connection has been created, its current trace level can be + set or retrieved through new methods setTraceLevel and + getTraceLevel.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Constructors for OtpErlangAtom and OtpErlangTuple + previously declared that OtpErlangDataException would be + thrown for certain types of input. These constructors now + throw java.lang.IllegalArgumentException instead, which is + a runtime exception and is therefore not declared + explicitly, nor is it necessary for the caller to + explicitly catch it. The rules for creating atoms and + tuples have not changed however.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Some of the constructors for OtpErlangPid, OtpErlangPort + and OtpErlangRef are now deprecated. The various + OtpNode classes provide factory methods instead.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>OtpErlangObject and all subclasses representing + Erlang data types now implement java.io.Serializable and + java.lang.Cloneable.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A user's guide is now available.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3424</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A bug in the MD5 handshaking code, that could cause the + connection to fail when the Java node was run in a 7-bit + character encoding environment, has now been fixed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3512</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A bug in OtpErlangList, which caused message corruption + when empty list where encoded, is fixed.</p> + <p></p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3564</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Jinterface 1.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Modifications for using along with new IC types.</p> + <p>Some modifications were done on classes OtpInputStream amd + OtpOutputStream in order to work with the new types added + on IC.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3331</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Machine-depended character encoding problems fixed.</p> + <p>The character encoding (LC_CTYPE) need no longer be + defined to an eight bit character set for + jinterface connections to work.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3512</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Jinterface 1.0</title> + <p>New application.</p> + </section> +</chapter> + |