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 Apache DirectMemory Release Notes 0.2
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 Olivier Lamy
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 2013-09-12
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Apache DirectMemory 0.2

  The Apache DirectMemory Team would like to announce the 0.2 release.

  Apache DirectMemory is a multi layered cache implementation featuring off-heap memory management to enable efficient handling of a large number of java objects without affecting jvm garbage collection performance

  It's a technology preview release. So some APIs can be change in the future.

  We hope you enjoy using Apache DirectMemory! If you have any questions, please consult:

  * the web site: {{{http://directmemory.apache.org//}http://directmemory.apache.org//}}

  * the directmemory-user mailing list: {{{http://directmemory.apache.org/mail-lists.html}http://directmemory.apache.org/mail-lists.html}}

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  Release date: 2013-09-15.

* Apache DirectMemory 0.2 release notes

** Improvement

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-28] - Create an alternative MemoryService using sun.misc.Unsafe

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-69] - Expose InputStream and OutputStream Interfaces instead of internal Pointer.directBuffer

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-104] - Precise correct DirectMemory usage and fix typo in documentation

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-124] - Create an utility class Iterable<V> over Cache<K,V>

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-125] - General code improvements

** New Feature

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-60] - EHCache Integration

** Bug

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-49] - MemoryManagerService.update does not reuse the same pointer

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-57] - Pointer.free should be atomic / thread safe

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-82] - CacheService should implement Closable / Review the livecycle of the CacheService/MemoryService/ByteBufferAllocator objects

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-103] - Add Kryo serializer

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-105] - Kryo Serializer adapter isn't threadsafe

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-126] - upgrade to ehcache 2.6.6

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-127] - ehcache integration OSGI tests no longer work

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-128] - Mark aspectj package import as optional and other Import-Package fixes

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-129] - Kryo serializer usage is not thread safe

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-130] - MemoryManagerService does not reset the used memory count to zero in clear

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-132] - incorrect case name in bench.sh

    * [DIRECTMEMORY-133] - "DirectMemory Simple Usage" doc improvement