Release 3.1.0
Features
- Add raw JNI mapping of static Java methods. Performance is about 10X that of traditional JNA interface mapping, although with less type conversion functionality.
- Add library option to allow passing/return of Java Objects.
- Allow handling of uncaught callback exceptions (Issue 63).
- Object oriented interface to X server (see contrib/x11)
- Make Memory class more accessible.
- Provide Structure ctor with Pointer argument (issue 102).
- Allow implicit library access to current process on linux (issue 98).
- Open all shared libraries with RTLD_GLOBAL, if applicable. This was the
default behavior on OSX and changes the default behavior on linux.
- Allow NIO Buffer as Structure field (with limitations) (Issue 57)
- Add
size_t
size.
Bug Fixes
- Run tests with libjsig.so, if available, which fixes some crashes when running tests on 64-bit platforms.
- Fix Issue 104.
- Fix Issue 94 (Java 1.6 update 10 regression).
- Fix Issue 51 (Java 1.6 update 10 regression).
- Fix Issue 95.
- Fix Issue 101.
- Fix Issue 111, memory leak with String-returning Callback.
- Fix missing storage of union type information (affects usage of struct/union by value as argument and return type).
- Remove non-functional Structure ctors requiring explicit size.
Release 3.0.9
Bug Fixes
- Fix issue 93 by only manually searching jna.library.path, then falling back to passing the mapped library name to dlopen/LoadLibrary. This fixes an issue in JRUBY where the incorrect libc.so.6 was being loaded.
Release 3.0.8
Features
- Auto-map Pointer[]/String[]/WString[] return values.
- Provide utility functions to convert String to primitive array.
- Add jna.library.boot.path property to define the directory that the native stub library is loaded from
Release 3.0.7
Features
- Improve win32 loading of libraries with dependencies.
Bug Fixes
- Fix bug reading structures with PointerType fields, introduced with Pointer field preservation fix.
Release 3.0.6
Features
- Allow arbitrary callback method names if only one method is defined in the class which implements Callback (colinwalters).
- Allow specification of callback type mappers by using a TYPE_MAPPER field (colinwalters).
- Allow uninitialized (null-valued) boxed primitives in Structures (colinwalters).
- Add convenience methods to set active Union field and value simultaneously (xylo).
- Augment Union read/writeField to set the active field.
- Allow Structure auto-synch across native calls to be disabled.
- Win64 support.
Bug Fixes
- Avoid overwriting unchanged Structure fields of type Pointer.
- Avoid more content dragging on OSX or warn if it's too late.
- Fix UnsatisfiedLinkError using transparent window on Win2K.
- Fix memory leak with callbacks called from native threads with no Java context (johnwallace).
- Defer structure size calculation if type mapper not yet set, allowing type mapper to be set in derived constructors (colinwalters).
- Ensure structure memory is allocated in Structure.read/writeField.
Release 3.0.5
Features
- Allow explicit declaration of field order for VMs which have an unpredictable field order.
- Check for w32 libraries with a "lib" prefix in addition to normal lookup.
- Allow String[]/WString[] as callback argument/return value (assume NULL-terminated array).
- Add Solaris8 compatibility to sunos-sparc build (Corey Puffalt).
- Look up libraries using web start library path, if appropriate (Corey Puffalt).
- Use constants to return integer boolean values.
Bug Fixes
- Properly track cursor on alpha-masked windows.
- Avoid searching /lib or /usr/lib on 64-bit Linux.
- Avoid using incorrect version of a library when both 32- and 64-bit versions are found.
- Avoid transparent window events always dragging window bug on OSX.
- Fix division by zero error calculating structure size on OSX/ppc.
- Avoid overwriting initialized NativeMapped Structure fields when calculating structure size.
- Fix NPE reading back into StringArray.
Release 3.0.4
Features
- Automatically write contents of Structure.ByReference fields on Structure.write().
- Use the actual parameter type in Function invocations if no parameter type information is available (whether method is missing or untyped varargs).
- Augmented X11 library mappings (xylo).
- Support read/write of NativeMapped arrays within Structure (notably NativeLong).
Bug Fixes
- Fix library load error when /usr/lib32 and /usr/lib both exist (linux) (Marek Slama).
- Avoid incorrect matches against libraries named with the same prefix
(e.g. libc-client.so vs libc.so) (xylo).
- Properly handle arrays of NativeMapped (e.g. NativeLong) as a Structure field (stefan endrullis).
- Ensure structure size calculated prior to setting union active type.
- XID is 64-bits on 64-bit X clients (xylo).
- Ensure proper arch name is used on Debian (amd64 instead of x86_64).
Release 3.0.3
Features
- Enable build/run using IBM's J9 VM (leonardo).
- Make StdCallFunctionMapper attempt a leading underscore if the simpler mapping doesn't work.
- Allow Structure.read to overwrite final fields (may not work on some 1.4 VMs).
Bug Fixes
- Fix NPE when passing an array of Structure.ByReference.
- Compare entire linux library version when finding a match.
- Don't pass struct by value unless the method signature declares it.
- Restrict custom first element structure alignment to OSX/ppc.
- Improve performance and reduce memory footprint for window masks.
Optimize polygon-based masks on w32. Use XFillRectangles on X11.
- Fix linkage settings on sunos-amd64 to avoid relocation errors.
- Fix callback allocation code on w32, solaris, freebsd, darwin (libffi was misconfigured).
- Fix bug when NativeMapped fields are used in a Structure.ByValue instance.
- Fix NPE calling Structure.read() before memory is initialized.
- Fix NPE calling Structure.read/write with uninitialized NativeMapped fields.
Release 3.0.2
Features
- Attempt to force unload of jnidispatch library prior to deleting it (w32).
- Added amd64 targets for OSX, FreeBSD, and Solaris.
Bug Fixes
- Reduce space allocated for invocation arguments.
- Fix NPE when NativeMapped type is used in a Structure.
- Fix some X11 type mappings for 64-bit.
- Fix OSX Leopard/JRE1.5+ window transparency.
- Fix window alpha compositing on X11.
- Fix loading of libraries with unicode names on OSX.
Release 3.0.1
Features
- Improve transparent window drawing performance on w32
- Use closure allocation from libffi
Bug Fixes
- Ensure nested structure arrays initialized with Structure.toArray use the
appropriate native memory.
- Ensure structure size is calculated prior to converting to array
- Avoid creating new windows when setting a window mask
- Fix bug in Pointer.setChar.
Release 3.0
Features
- More supported platforms, via GCC's libffi (wmeissner)
- Support struct by value as parameter and return value (duncan)
- Support struct by reference within structures
- Provide access to native peer for java.awt.Component
- Provide access to native peer on OS X.
- Support MINGW32 builds (fullung)
- Allow per-field Structure read/write by field name
- Avoid writing Structure fields marked 'volatile'
- Read and wrap function pointers in Structure fields when read with a Java
proxy to allow easy Java-side invocation (Ken Larson)
- Support array-backed Buffers as arguments (wmeissner)
- Auto-conversion of custom types (wmeissner)
- Allow pointer type-safety
- Optional VM crash protection, via Native.setProtected(boolean)
- Auto-convert WString[]
- Provide library synchronization wrapper similar to Collections.synchronizedX
- Support lookup of OSX framework libraries by name
- Explicit access to shared library global data
- Invocation interception to facilitate translation of C preprocessor macros
and inline functions
- Provide utility to determine Web Start native library cache location;
auto-include this path if jnidispatch is included as a
(robertengels)
- Provide access to aligned memory
- Versioning information embedded in jna.jar and native library
Bug Fixes
Avoid attempts to free native library if it failed to load (wmeissner)
Explicitly check method signatures for varargs instead of heuristically
guessing (wmeissner)
Disallow declaring Pointer-derived fields in Structures (Function, Memory)
Ensure Object.toString/hashCode/equals methods are intercepted on proxyied
interfaces
Update X11 library for 64-bit use (wmeissner)
Properly map arrays of char*/wchar_t* under w32
Allow Pointer[] as a Structure field and Function argument
Fix some misleading Structure error messages
Properly preserve/return GetLastError/errno after native calls
Allocate executable memory on w32 to avoid errors with hardware-enforced
data execution protection (DEP)
Fix VM crash on w32 stdcall callbacks
Use long offsets and sizes rather than ints (64-bit safe)
Properly clean up references and release closure memory on JNI_Unload
Use simpler AWT/JAWT library loading workaround
Avoid changing array references within a Structure on read
Release 2.5
Features
- Unions
- Optimized shaped windows (chris deckers & olivier chafik); instantiation time
improved by about 2-3 orders of magnitude for large, mostly contiguous shapes
- Provide type mapping in callback arguments/results
- Provide access to ByteBuffer direct address as a Pointer
- Provide customization of native string encoding with jna.encoding system property
Bug Fixes
- Properly handle VMs with reversed Structure member storage
- Avoid making window undecorated when clearing window mask on X11
- Fix structure alignment bug on OSX/PPC when first element is > 4 bytes in size
- Clearing OSX window mask by setting to MASK_NONE now works properly
- Avoid index exceptions if native buffers are not NUL-terminated on string conversions
- Write initialized Structure[] argument memory prior to function calls
- Fix IllegalArgumentException reading WString into a Structure
- Clear memory when allocating a structure block (fixes VM crash)
- Remove versioned JAWT dependency on OSX, allowing use on 10.3/JRE1.4.
Release 2.4
Features
- Explicitly support unaligned structures
- Auto-reallocate structure arrays
- Automatic handling of w32 UNICODE/ASCII variants
- Automatic mapping of decorated w32 stdcall function names
- Customizable, automatic type conversion of arguments and results (wmeissner)
- Support char*[] arguments as Java String[]
- Structure supports Callback members (wmeissner)
- getByteBuffer from Pointer/Memory (wmeissner)
- Allow GC of native libraries
- Facilitate use from non-Java contexts (JRuby et al.) (wmeissner)
- Improve library path searching (wmeissner)
- Handle Structure[] arguments
- Handle native long arguments and return values
- Handle direct and array-based ByteBuffer arguments (wmeissner)
- Change default w32 build to use GCC (it's free, yo)
Bug Fixes
- Structure.toArray failed to initialize members
- Disallow explicit free of Structure/Memory
- Ensure native libraries are only loaded once until released
- Properly handle NULL when the return value is a Structure
- Proper conversion to wchar_t on linux
- Copy full length of Java strings to C strings instead of stopping when a NUL
character is encountered