2008-04-26:    Spicelib AS3 and Java Maintenance Releases

Both of the Spicelib twins get a few minor enhancements and fixes with these releases. In Spicelib AS3 Logging the API for LogContext.getLogger has changed and now accepts an Object (it was a String in the previous releases). So now instead of having to write:

LogContext.getLogger(getQualifiedClassName(MyClass))

you can simply write:

LogContext.getLogger(MyClass)

which has the same effect (using the fully qualified class name as the logger name). Note that this change is backwards compatible, you can still use arbitrary Strings for logger names and you don't have to modify existing classes.

The only new class is a ResultTask implementation that serves as an abstract base class for any asynchronous operation that produces a result (like loader tasks or remote service invocations). The implementation is quite trivial, but it allows you to conveniently collect results from multiple ResultTask instances added to the same TaskGroup. See the ASDoc for an example.

On the Java side the reflection cache has been improved and is now more robust for concurrent access. Also an EnumConverter was added which will be needed to support enums in the next Cinnamon Release. The Java release contains one incompatible API change: The constructor of the ConversionException class in the reflection package has changed for the final 1.0.0 release. If you implemented custom Converter instances (e.g. for Cinnamon) and used the ConversionException you have to adapt your code.

You can download both new versions here.

Release Notes - Spicelib AS3 - Version 1.0.1

Bug

• [SLA-22] - ConcurrentTaskGroup issue when adding a Task while the doStart method is executing

Improvement

• [SLA-21] - Change method signature for LogFactory.getLogger to accept an Object instead of a String

New Feature

• [SLA-20] - Add ResultTask implementation

Task

• [SLA-17] - Add documentation for logger configuration in Parsley ApplicationContext
• [SLA-18] - Wrong method name in SoundTask example (setFinishable - must be setSkippable)
• [SLA-19] - Wrong event constant in application startup logic example in Task Chapter
• [SLA-23] - ASDoc for TaskGroup still uses the old class name TaskCollection
• [SLA-24] - Move UnitTest FlexBuilder project to FDT project

Release Notes - Spicelib Java - Version 1.0.0

Bug

• [SLJ-9] - ClassMappedRepository.getAll should not include null mappings that were added just for efficiency

Improvement

• [SLJ-1] - Check for concurrency issues in the reflection cache
• [SLJ-6] - Throw Exception in ClassPathResource if InputStream cannot be created
• [SLJ-7] - Improve ConversionException
• [SLJ-8] - Cached lookups in ClassMappedRepository should be removed when a new item is added

New Feature

• [SLJ-4] - Add EnumConverter implementation

Task

• [SLJ-2] - Add Ant Buildfile to Subversion repository

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