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Re: API Differences


That will make a great resource when I'm ready to move from 1.2 to 1.3 and
higher, but right now they don't seem to include the 1.1-1.2 differences.

On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 04:37:44AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> 
> --- Brian Jones <cbj@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Daryl Lee <dlee@altaregos.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Having completed the java.io JDK 1.1 tests, I am
> > now ready to move on to
> > > the 1.2 tests, but I need an efficient means of
> > knowing the differences
> > > between the two versions of the APIs.  Is there a
> > tool I can use that will
> > > identify exactly what needs to be tested?
> > 
> > japicompat/japize can be used for this purpose. 
> > Take the 1.1 and 1.2
> > files from the japize website and run japicompat to
> > compare them.
> 
> Or you could use http://javadiff.sourceforge.net/
> which is written to specifically go after changes in
> API docs. japitools are great to see what has changed
> on the binary compatibility side, but jdiff looks like
> a great way to see how specified semantics have
> changed/been clarified.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> dalibor topic
> 
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