Java API Compliance Checker - Change Log

Version 1.5 (March 24, 2016)

japi-compliance-checker-1.5.tar.gz

• Improvements
  • Up to 100 times faster on big libraries
  • Up to 4 times less RAM usage on big libraries
  • Improved design of the report
  • Replaced verdict with compatibility rate in the report
  • Implemented check for removed annotations
  • Do not show Java version in the report
  • Limited number of affected methods shown in the report
  • Do not show package names in the report by default
  • Do not show time stamp in the report
  • Do not show warning for added class fields
  • Added Makefile
  • Removed obsolete options
  • Reduced size of the report
  • Allowed api, dump and apidump extensions of API dump
  • Changed format of API dump
  • Changed console output

• New Options
  • -skip-packages
  • -dump-path

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed affect descriptions
  • Fixed issue with API dumps on OS X
  • Fixed -jdk-path option
  • Fixed -limit-affected option

Version 1.4.1 (March 12, 2015)

japi-compliance-checker-1.4.1.tar.gz
This is a bug-fix release with a few new features.

• New Features
  • Support for Java 8
  • Support for limiting checking based on annotations (for Apache HBase)
  • Add support for runtime visible annotations

• New Options
  • -minimal
  • -hide-templates
  • -hide-packages

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed auto-skipping of internal packages
  • Fixed warnings on Solaris
  • Fixed -client option

Version 1.3.7 (April 25, 2014)

japi-compliance-checker-1.3.7.tar.gz
This is a bug-fix release with a few new features.

• New Features
  • Show Java version in the report summary
  • Marked deprecated methods in the report

• New Options
  • -jdk-path
  • -skip-internal

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved support for Java 7 templates

• Other
  • Code cleaning

Version 1.3.6 (January 21, 2014)

japi-compliance-checker-1.3.6.tar.gz
This is a bug-fix release with a few new features.

• Improvements
  • Support for Java 7

• New Options
  • -limit-affected

• Bug Fixes
  • Corrected formatting of output html reports
  • Fixed issue #7: "The command line is too long"
  • Improved performance on large input objects (30%)
  • Fixed issue #8: "-client option doesn't work"

• Other
  • Code cleaning
  • Corrected Makefile

Version 1.2.1 (October 09, 2012)

japi-compliance-checker-1.2.1.tar.gz
This is a bug-fix release with a few new features.

• New Options
  • -show-access

• Bug Fixes
  • Corrected -open and -browse options.

Version 1.2 (September 22, 2012)

japi-compliance-checker-1.2.tar.gz
This is a bug-fix release with a few new features.

• New Options
  • -skip-deprecated
  • -skip-classes

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue with spaces in the execution path

• Other
  • Code cleaning

Version 1.1.2 (June 08, 2012)

japi-compliance-checker-1.1.2.tar.gz
This is a bug-fix release with a few new features.

• New Options
  • -sort
  • -open

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue with -classes-list option
  • Fixed an issue with spaces in the path to javap and other commands
  • Fixed an issue with escaping of inner class specifier

• Other
  • Code cleaning

Version 1.1 (April 16, 2012)

japi-compliance-checker-1.1.tar.gz
Added many useful options, improved design of the report

• New Features
  • Improved design of the compatibility report
  • Added compatibility rate in the summary of the report
  • Added "Other Changes in Data Types" section of the compatibility report

• New Options
  • -debug
  • -quick
  • -browse
  • -report-path
  • -bin-report-path
  • -src-report-path

• Other
  • Code cleaning

Version 1.0.3 (December 13, 2011)

japi-compliance-checker-1.0.3.tar.gz
This is a bug fix release.

• New Features
  • Add Makefile.pl installer

• Other
  • Corrected INSTALL file
  • Corrected help message
  • Changed license to dual GPL and LGPL of any version
  • Added check for presence of installed JDK-devel package in the system
  • Updated copyrights

Version 1.0 (August 30, 2011)

japi-compliance-checker-1.0.tar.gz
Initial prototype of the tool.