BSF Changes Record

This file lists the changes from version to version. The most recent version is at the top.

• Version 2.2
  • Updated the build process to be capable of generating docs, building the samples, and building source and binary distributions in various formats (zip/tar.gz).
  • Upgraded to support JavaScript v1.5R1 (up from v1.4R3). Thanks to Norris Boyd (nboyd@atg.com) for this work.
  • Fixed parameter problems in JPythonEngine.call(...). Thanks to Finn Bock (bckfnn@worldonline.dk) for this work.
  • Tested with Jacl v1.2.6 (up from v1.1.1).
  • Tested with JPython v1.1 (up from v1.1-beta3).
  • Changed NetRexx engine to have the NetRexx interpreter compile the NetRexx-generated Java source, instead of the engine having to invoke javac directly. Upgraded to NetRexx v2.00.
  • Directed debug output from NetRexx compiler to the debugStream, instead of directly to System.err. Thanks to Chris Downes-Ward (cdownes-ward@9a.co.uk) for this work.
  • Added to the NetRexxEngine a check of the return code from the NetRexx compiler, so the engine will not try to load classes which were not successfully compiled.
  • Fixed the NetRexxEngine cleanup code to always look in the current working directory for generated class files (so it can delete them).
  • Fixed JSPLikeInNetRexx sample (it had "return"s where it shouldn't have).
  • Changed ScriptedUI sample to use BSFManager.exec(...) instead of BSFManager.runScript(...).
  • Removed stylesheet compilation from XSLTEngine, because it wasn't handling stylesheet parameters correctly. Tested with Xalan v1.2.2.
  • Switched xsl sample from using LotusXSL to using XSLT (Xalan). Updated the 2 xsl files to be xslt compliant.
  • Repackaged the classes in the com.ibm.cs package into com.ibm.bsf.util. That is, all packages and classes that were previously in com.ibm.cs are now in com.ibm.bsf.util.
  • Repackaged the classes in the com.ibm.cf package into com.ibm.bsf.util.cf. That is, all classes that were previously in com.ibm.cf are now in com.ibm.bsf.util.cf.
  • Removed the BMLEngine and changed the BML entry in the Languages.properties from com.ibm.bsf.engines.bml.BMLEngine to com.ibm.bml.ext.BMLEngine. The BMLEngine will be distributed with the next release of BML.
  • Removed LotusXSL support (XSLT is supported via Xalan now).
  • Removed native TCL support. It was never really completed, and can be put back in once it is. (Note: Jacl is still supported.)
  • Removed CCML support. CCML is not being worked on anymore.
  • Cleaned up some documentation.
  • Cleaned up some error messages.
  • Fixed bug in JavaScript engine where code to declare beans was previously outside of the Context.enter()/Context.exit() block. Thanks to Nico Seessle (nico@seessle.de) for this fix.
• Version 2.1
  • Separated compilation of scripts from compilation of expressions: method BSFManager.compile() changed to BSFManager.compileScript and BSFManager.compileExpr
  • BSFManager.declareBean() signature changed: added type parameter (see guide for details)
  • Added ActiveScript engines support on Win32
  • BSF public release now includes full source and commercial royalty-free license
• Version 2.0
  • Separated eval of expressions from exec of scripts in BSFEngine
  • Added (preliminary) compilation support for all languages
  • Ported more engines
  • Added ability to declare beans
  • Added support for binding scripts as event listeners
• Version 1.0
  • Base version. No changes.