From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29052 invoked by alias); 27 Dec 2002 13:28:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact mauve-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: mauve-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 29044 invoked from network); 27 Dec 2002 13:28:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imf08bis.bellsouth.net) (205.152.58.28) by 209.249.29.67 with SMTP; 27 Dec 2002 13:28:34 -0000 Received: from tigger.altaregos.com ([67.34.134.193]) by imf08bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id <20021227133015.WPVJ28466.imf08bis.bellsouth.net@tigger.altaregos.com> for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:30:15 -0500 Received: from tigger (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tigger.altaregos.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gBRDTD5M005675 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:29:13 -0500 Received: (from daryl@localhost) by tigger (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id gBRDTCxr005670 for mauve-discuss@sources.redhat.com; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:29:12 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 05:28:00 -0000 From: Daryl Lee To: Mauve Discuss Subject: Re: API Differences Message-ID: <20021227132812.GB5559@tigger.localdomain> References: <20021227123744.53173.qmail@web10010.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021227123744.53173.qmail@web10010.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-SW-Source: 2002-q4/txt/msg00086.txt.bz2 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 wrote: > > Daryl Lee 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 > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > -- Daryl Lee Open the present--it's a gift.