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Development tools

• Getting the code via SVN
• SVN FAQs
• Building with Ant
• Building with NetBeans
• Building with XCode
• Building with Eclipse
• Building with JBuilder

Structure

• Introduction
• Application Structure
• Names and Naming
• Code Structure Patterns
• Swing Structure
• External Connection Structure
• Threads
• Use of XML
• Web Site
• JavaDocs
  • Name Index
  • Packages
  • Class heirarchy

Techniques and Standards

• Recommended Practices
• Continuous Integration
• Internationalization
• Logging & Error Handling
• Unit testing with JUnit
• Documentation with JavaDoc and UML
• Run the FindBugs static analysis tool
• Providing help with JavaHelp
• Portable Filename Method
• XML Persistance

How To

• Extend with Plugins
• Add a New Type
• Add a New System

Functional Info

• Turnout Feedback
• Network Connections
• How the startup scripts work

Background Info

• Technology Roadmap
• Survey of JVM Capabilities
• Usage Poll, Spring 2007

JMRI: Java Version-Specific Features

This page contains information about the compatibility and features of various Java versions. We use this information to decide on our road map for future JMRI versions.

Capabilities

This section lists new Java capabilities, and which Java version they first appeared in. The "JDK" column shows the first Java Development Kit that could compile the featuer; the "JRE" column lists the first runtime environment that could run the feature, including the needed JVM and library support.

Feature	JDK	JRE
Collections	1.3	1.3
Java2D	1.3	1.3
Printing update	1.3	1.3
JUnit 3.8	1.3	1.3
JDOM 1.0	1.4	1.3
Java regexp	1.4	1.4
Java3D	1.4	1.4
JavaHelp update	1.4	1.4
Drag and Drop	1.4 (additional improvements in 1.6)	1.4, 1.6
Logging API	1.4 (additional improvements in 1.6)	1.4, 1.6
XML catalog resolver	1.3?	1.4?
Annotations	1.5	1.3
JavaMail	1.5	1.3
JUnit 4.0	1.5	1.3
SwingWorker	1.5	1.5 (*1.4)
JSpinner	1.5	1.5
Enums	1.5	1.5
printf, Formatter	1.5	1.5
generics	1.5	1.5
Desktop class	1.6	1.6
Browser integration	1.6	1.6
Toolbars	1.6	1.6
JTable Sorting	1.6	1.6
Webstart compatibility	1.6	1.6

(* indicates that a compatibility library is used in the early version)

JRE availability

This section lists the most recent Java Runtime version available for various operating system versions. Please note that not all users of that operating system will have updated to this Java version; many will be using an older one.

OS and platform	Last JRE
Linux	(1.6?)
Windows Vista	1.6
Windows XP	1.6
Mac OS X 10.4 and later on Intel	1.6
Mac OS X 10.3 and later on PowerPC	1.5
Windows 98 (2nd Ed)	1.5-11
Windows 98	1.4.2_14
Windows 95	1.3.1_20
OS/2	1.3
MacOS "Classic"	1.1.8

See the Sun Java site for additional information.

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