[Asterisk-java-users] Asterisk-Java and its dependency on specific versions of Asterisk

[Stefan R. <sr...@re...>]

>> I understand... so we need to fix this to work with Asterisk 1.0.x and
>> the upcoming 1.2 (with QueueStatusCompeleteEvent) is suppose, right?
>
> Hm, nah, I can just react to all incoming queue related events and refe=
sh
> my
> own visualization of the queues and just generally hold off queue relat=
ed
> activities for a few seconds. I think that a little delay is no big dea=
l
> at all.

Ok that's fine.
One thing I still remain unsure about is Asterisk-Java's dependency on
specific Asterisk versions.
When using the ManagerConnection or AGI thats currently no big deal as I
don't expect much change regarding Asterisk's basic concepts in that area=
.
When new ManagerActions or AGICommands are added I usually try to include
a note about since which version of Asterisk it is available, so that
should be fine.
But with the AsteriskManager things are different, here we have a few
options:
1. Support only the lowest common denominator
2. Latest Asterisk-Java supports latest Asterisk (i.e. Asterisk 1.0.x ->
Asterisk-Java 0.1, Asterisk 1.2 -> Asterisk-Java 0.2) and so on
3. Latest Asterisk-Java supports multiple versions of Asterisk (i.e. if
(astversion =3D 1.0.x) then use this construct else use that construct)

Option 1 is bad as we are stuck with the old deficiencies of early
Asterisk versions.
Option 2 means supporting multiple Asterisk-Java branches, but the users
who don't want to upgrade their Asterisk servers probably prefer to stick
with the version of Asterisk-Java that once went through their QA, too.
Option 3 will sooner or later become a maintainance nightmare for me ;)

What do you think? Is Option 2 ok?
How much support (bugfixes, ..) do you need for older releases?

> So far I like Asterisk-Java very much, it hasn't really done anything
> weird (aka. bugs) at all, which is IMHO very nice. :)

Thats nice to hear!

> Haven't figured out how to put a call on hold yet, but I think
> SetVarAction with the proper magic could do it.
> There is no CLI command to do it either. Need to do some experiments.

Hmm i don't know either. if you got a solution let us know.

=3DStefan