Revision history for Perl extension Inline::Java ------------------------------------------------ 0.53 Sun Jan 9 08:15:06 EST 2011 - Removed PerlNatives extension from the build because it is unmaintained and broken. It can still be enabled manually using the BUILD_PERL_NATIVES build configuration option. - Improved automatic casting. - Fix with get_source_dir() using the DEBUGGER option. Thanks to Paul Frantz for the fix. - Other minor bug and doc fixes. 0.52 Sun Dec 17 20:46:51 EST 2006 - Fixed JNI on cygwin (many thanks to Eric Rybski for the patch) - Improved installation. 'make java' is now performed automatically. - Fixed problems with disappearing exceptions by localizing $@. - Other minor bug fixes 0.51 Tue May 23 20:40:07 EDT 2006 - Several major speed optimizations. - Introduction of support for I/O mapping between Perl and Java (Inline::Java::Handle) - Applied patches by Andrew Bruno and Tim Bunce for MAC OSX - JNI fix for system property passing (thanks to Brian Gugliemetti and Jason Stelzer) - Added NATIVE_DOUBLES configuration option to avoid loss of precision when passing double values between Perl and Java - New interface for processing callbacks from java to perl. - Added support for java.lang.CharSequence as a primitive type. Any Perl scalar passed as a java.lang.CharSequence will instantiate a java.lang.String on the Java side - Added BUILD_JNI, BUILD_PERL_NATIVES, BUILD_PERL_INTERPRETER and JVM_LIB_TYPE build configuration options to help with automated builds - Added BIND configuration option. See docs for details. Note: The Java JVM server noe listens on localhost by default (instead of 0.0.0.0). - Other minor bug fixes 0.50 Mon Jan 31 20:14:43 EST 2005 - Added HOST configuration option to access JVM server remotely - Fixed bug with paths in Cygwin - Fixed bug with regexp that was badly interpreted under the debugger - Extended InlineJavaClassLoader from current thread ClassLoader to enable it to work properly under Tomcat - Include patch by Ihab Awad that allows running the JVM server inside Tomcat - Fixed bug with longs over 32 bits in length and loosened boundary checking in numeric values since it was not portable - Fixed bug (found by Dean Thayer) with socket not closed properly in Java - Other minor bug fixes 0.49 - Added PerlInterpreter: require/eval Perl code directly from Java - Reworked type casting: changes are NOT backwards compatible :( - Callbacks can now be called in list context using "@function_name" - Renamed PerlNatives stuff - Added external command line tool to start/stop a SHARED_JVM server - Applied JNI memory leak patch by Jeff Janes - Removed exports from Inline::Java::Portable - Split and updated documentation 0.47 Sat Feb 14 10:00:00 EST 2004 - Fixed bugs in portability code and added HPUX, AIX and Solaris specifics - Tweaked CLASSPATH directory order - Changed port numbers for SHARED_JVM tests in order to avoid clashes with running installations - Made PerlNatives optional 0.46 Web Feb 04 20:00:00 EST 2004 - Fixed Natives.xs to work with ExtUtils::ParseXS 0.45 Fri Jan 30 20:00:00 EST 2004 - Fixed Makefile.PL arguments that were getting lost - Fixed deprecated require call - Fixed support for symbolic links in J2SDK directory - Basic support for J2SDK 1.5 - Added new experimental feature: PerlNatives 0.44 Sun Nov 23 15:47:06 EST 2003 - Callbacks from multiple threads are now supported - Refactored (again...) studying/.jdat/cache stuff - Added PRIVATE mode for use with SHARED_JVM - Added DEBUGGER mode that launches jdb - Fixed memory leak in JNI code (patch submitted by Dave Blob) 0.43 Tue Oct 14 13:18:25 EDT 2003 - Restored $VERSION in each .pm file - Inline::Java now formerly requires Perl 5.6 0.42 Fri Sep 5 13:18:25 EDT 2003 - Fixed more CLASSPATH issues. CLASSPATH now works like this: * CLASSPATH environment variable is global * CLASSPATH configuration option is local to the user class loader - Added method cache to increase performance and decrease reflection API calls - Altered and documented the study_classes() function - Added EXTRA_JAVA_ARGS and EXTRA_JAVAC_ARGS config options 0.41 Mon Jul 14 13:18:25 EDT 2003 - Fixed CLASSPATH bug - Possibly (!) fixed test suite problems under heavy load 0.40 Fri Apr 11 11:00:00 EST 2003 - Patch by Doug MacEachern to allow running under servlet engines. - Patch by John Kinsley for handling empty arrays. - Custom ClassLoader allows for better isolation of user code and dynamic 'CLASSPATH' (multiple sections/clients are now totally independant). - Core Java code is now compiled separately (at install time) instead of with the user code (for each script). This dramatically improves build time. - Default port number changed to 0 (next available port number). This allows many multiple users to run concurrently without clashes. Note: The default port on systems where this feature is not available has remained 7890. Note: The default port for SHARED_JVM mode is now 7891. - SHARED_JVM mode now calls release_JVM() automatically. - UTF8 support - User code can now be a public class and (optionally) inside a package. - Callback classes have changed. Note: These classes are now in the org.perl.inline.java package. Note: PerlException has been renamed InlineJavaPerlException. Note: If you presently use callbacks, your code may now no longer compile. You will need to apply the changes listed above to fix it. - study_classes now returns the package in which the studied classes have been put. - Many bug fixes and documentation corrections. 0.33 Mon Jun 17 13:50:14 EDT 2002 - Improved and more flexible debug output - Auto loading of thread libraries under Solaris - Basic support for J2SDK 1.4 - Other minor bug fixes 0.32 Sat Apr 6 11:45:06 EST 2002 - Restored compatibility with perl 5.005_03 - Other minor bug fixes 0.31 Mon Feb 4 15:45:06 EDT 2002 - Exception handling (Perl can 'catch' Java exceptions) - Callbacks to Perl from Java - More complete test suite - Improved documentation and related examples - Improved installation script and directions - Other minor bug fixes 0.30 Mon Sep 17 15:45:06 EDT 2001 - JVM server is now multi-threaded - Added 'SHARED_JVM' option for mod_perl support - Beefed up test suite 0.23 Thu Aug 30 08:41:11 EDT 2001 - Added support for multiple Inline sections using a special notation in the CLASSPATH. - Added the 'fix' Makefile.PL option au automatically fix the Makefile for Win95/98/Me. 0.22 Fri Jun 1 13:31:35 EDT 2001 - Fixed up Inline::Java to work with Inline 0.41 - Added support for java.lang.Number as a primitive numeric type. Any Perl scalar passed as a java.lang.Number will instantiate a java.lang.Double on the Java side. 0.21 Tue May 8 11:32:28 EDT 2001 - Added 'studying' of external Java classes - Added support for default no-arg constructors for public classes - Caching for class information - Added error message stating that Inline::Java doesn't currently support multiple sections 0.20 Sat Apr 14 23:00:00 EDT 2001 - Added optional JNI extension. - Added support for arrays. - Added support for public member variables. - Added support for public static member variables. - Added type casting. 0.01 Thu Feb 15 14:01:25 EST 2001 - Created Inline::Java.