Release Notes for TrueZIP 6.8

(September 21st, 2010)

This is a maintenance release - it fixes classloading for OSGI environments, updates the Javadoc and fixes some issues with the unit tests for Swing GUI classes.

Last, but not least, Maven is now used for the build and release process. The Maven Coordinates are de.schlichtherle:truezip:jar:6.8. You will see the artifacts appear in Maven Central.

If and only if you are using TrueZIP to access TAR files or derivative archive file types, then you need to upgrade the run time dependency ant.jar to Ant 1.8.1 (see below).

Upgrading is recommended for all users.

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New Introduces a new feature.
Fixed Introduces a bug fix for an existing feature.
Enhanced Introduces the enhancement of an existing feature. This is fully backwards compatible.
Changed Introduces the change of an existing feature. This may cause backwards incompatibilities.
Deprecated Introduces the deprecation of an existing feature.

Change Log

Following is an overview of all updates in this release which affect the public API. Please note that internal refactorings are not listed. For a full list of updates, please refer to the CVS repository and diff to the tag TrueZIP-6_7.

Cross Package Updates

  1. Changed: Switched Build Management from Ant to Maven.
  2. Fixed: Removed non-working support for code obfuscation.

Updates in the Default Package

  1. Changed: Removed the command line utility classes in this package. This step is intended to enhance compatibility with OSGi environments.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle

  1. Changed: Moved the command line utility classes in this package to the package de.schlichtherle.io.samples.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle.io

  1. Fixed: Changed the class loading algorithm in the method ArchiveDriverRegistry.createArchiveDriver so that it should work in both OSGi and JEE environments. For more information, please refer to issue #34.
  2. Fixed: Changed the resource enumeration algorithm in the method GlobalArchiveDriverRegistry.registerArchiveDrivers so that it should work in both OSGi and JEE environments. For more information, please refer to issue #34.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle.io.samples

  1. Changed: Moved the command line utility classes from the package de.schlichtherle to this package.
  2. Enhanced: Internationalized Strings by using a ResourceBundle.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle.io.archive.tar

  1. Fixed: The constructors TarEntry(String) and TarEntry(org.apache.tools.tar.TarEntry) in the class TarEntry now use the newly introduced constructor org.apache.tools.tar.TarEntry(String, boolean) in order to work around a regression introduced in Ant 1.8 (see issue #36). As a consequence, in order to access TAR files or derivative archive file types, you need to have ant.jar from Ant 1.8.1 in your class path.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle.io.util

  1. Enhanced: The class Paths is not marked as deprecated anymore. Its implementation and Javadoc have been updated.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle.key

  1. Fixed: Changed the class loading algorithm in the method KeyManager.getInstance so that it should work in both OSGi and JEE environments. For more information, please refer to issue #34.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle.key.passwd.swing

  1. Fixed: Changed the class loading algorithm in the method PromptingKeyProviderUI.createFeedback so that it should work in both OSGi and JEE environments. For more information, please refer to issue #34.

Updates in the Package de.schlichtherle.util.zip

  1. Fixed: The methods ZipFile.getInputStream threw a NullPointerException if the requested entry does not exist. For more information, please refer to issue #37.
  2. New/Enhanced: Added the method ZipFile.getName for enhanced compatibility with Java Standard Edition. For more information, please refer to issue #24.
  3. Deprecated: The method BasicZipFile.createReadOnlyFile has been deprecated because it's called by some constructors. Use a constructor with a ReadOnlyFile parameter instead.
  4. Deprecated: The method BasicZipFile.createZipEntry has been deprecated because it's called by some constructors. It will be replaced by a factory interface in TrueZIP 7.