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.