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| ========================= |
| BSF 2.4, 2006-10-06 |
| ========================= |
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| ========================================================= |
| Release notes for BSF 2.4 (http://jakarta.apache.org/bsf) |
| ========================================================= |
| |
| |
| About the "Bean Scripting Framework (BSF)" |
| ========================================== |
| |
| BSF allows Java programmers to easily deploy scripts written in many scripting |
| (like) languages like JavaScript, JLog (PROLOG) Jython, Rexx, and use even XSLT |
| with the same simple, but powerful BSF APIs. |
| |
| It is possible to supply arguments and retrieve result values from the scripts, |
| as well as sharing Java objects among each other (and among all scripts that are |
| deployed with the help of the same BSF manager). |
| |
| BSF itself can be deployed starting with Java version 1.3, but some scripting |
| languages may need newer versions of Java. |
| |
| This release is meant to be fully compatible with any previous version of BSF. |
| |
| |
| Changes to previous release candidate |
| ===================================== |
| |
| - Bug fixes, e.g. |
| |
| - datatype conversion now encompasses the oversighted primitive datatype |
| "char" into account (class 'TypeConvertor.java', |
| 'TypeConvertorRegistry.java') |
| |
| - dynamic event adapter creation now succeeds |
| |
| - fixed a few spelling errors in the code |
| |
| - Enhancements, changes, e.g. |
| |
| - can be used as an extension package to Java by placing it into |
| "jre/lib/ext" [using the thread's context classloader, ie. the result |
| of 'Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()'] |
| |
| - removed experimental 'DebugLog' class, superceded by commons-logging |
| and log4j |
| |
| - removed 'org.apache.bsf.engines.activescript.*', as it is not |
| supported anymore (stems from the original IBM codebase, but would |
| need native Windows code to bridge OLE/ActiveX) |
| |
| - removed 'org.apache.bsf.engines.jpython', as it is superceded by |
| the newer 'org.apache.bsf.engines.jython' |
| |
| - 'org.apache.bsf.BSFMain.java': new method |
| "public String getVersion()", returns string in the form of a |
| dewey decimal number 'abc' (three levels, each between 0 and 9) |
| 'abc.yyyymmdd', 'yyyy' four digit year, 'mm' two digit month, |
| 'dd' two digit day; |
| e.g. '240.20061006' stands for: BSF version 2.4.0 as of 2006-10-06 |
| |
| - new class 'org.apache.bsf.utils.BSFEventProcessorReturningEventInfos' |
| |
| - 'org.apache.bsf.utils.EngineUtils.java': added the method |
| 'addEventListenerReturningEventInfos(...)' |
| |
| |
| People who have contributed to this release one way or the other |
| (order by first name) |
| ================================================================ |
| |
| Don Schwarz |
| Henning P. Schmiedehausen |
| Igor Bukanov |
| Kev Jackson |
| Nandika Jayawardana |
| Nilupa Bandara |
| Rony G. Flatscher |
| Sanjiva Weerawarana |
| Sanka Samaranayke |
| Thomas Klaeger (Kläger) |
| Victor J. Orlikowski |
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