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jpos.config/loader (JCL) - Changes
Current Version and Numbering System The JCL is currently in its fourth incarnation (v2.0.0) since the original proposal during the Philly-99 JavaPOS meeting. This release has some major improvements from release 1.2 as well as some bug fixes. For each release of the JCL, the last digit after the major and minor number will indicate a bug fix release just like JDK 1.2.2 indicates the second bug fix release for JDK 1.2. Also, as of the February 2001 meeting in Washington DC, the committee decided to name the release after the 1.2 release 2.0.0. The rational being that we wanted to remove the confusion of JavaPOS 1.x releases with the JCL since JCL 1.2 and 2.0.0 can be used with JavaPOS 1.5. NOTE: for details on the changes in this release since the previous please see the changes.txt file. Major Changes/Improvements Highlights (v2.0.0) Core Multi-vendor support via support of multiple (unlimited) number of populators Added required standard properties for all entries (these should be present in all entries) Added list of standard RS232 properties as well as possible values (where appropriate) Creation of more than 105+ JUnit unit tests to verify and test various aspects of the JCL core code and API Start of definition of XML profile code Editor In place editing of properties Use of standard (required), bus and vendor properties Nice tree-based UI for entries with left-mouse button support for adding, deleting, modifying and showing entries by different categories Preference menu for configuring some aspects of the editor A JposEntryMerger feature to allow merging and converting of XML entries to serialized and vice-versa A JposProperties editor to allow to see what the jpos.properties contains as well as saving changes to that file or other properties file Auto-loading of the JposRegistry Many bug fixes Detail Changes From Previous Versions All changes from previous version are somewhat thoroughly describe in the changes.txt document that is part of the down loaded installation file.
Last modified by EMM on 03/06/2001 10:41 PM