[EMMA-announce] EMMA early access build 2.1.5214 available

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This early access v2.1 build fixes an assortment of small bugs and
implements a feature that's been on frequently requested list for months.

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CUMULATIVE LIST OF IMPLEMENTED FEATURE REQUESTS:
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2.1.5214
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974340  make concurrent output file writing safer
http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=108932&atid=651900&func=detail&aid=974340

    v2.1 will default to using a machine-global mutex when writing to the
    coverage output file. This mutex implementation is based on a UDP 
socket
    and will work in any J2SE version. Locking behavior is controlled by a
    new set of EMMA properties:

    rt.filelock:           true
    rt.filelock.portbase:  59141
    rt.filelock.maxtime:   120000
    rt.filelock.retries:   11

    File locking is enabled by default but can be disabled using
    'rt.filelock' boolean property. The UDP port acquired is a sum of
    'rt.filelockbase' and an offset (0-254) that is derived from the 
file's
    canonical pathname. This ensures that concurrent JVMs writing to
    *different* files are unlikely to serialize each other on the same
    socket mutex.

    'rt.filelock.maxtime' and 'rt.filelock.retries' specify for how long 
to
    try getting the lock and in how many retry attempts, before erroring
    out. The retry scheme is exponential backout.

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999764  'v'/'version' command line option
http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=108932&atid=651900&func=detail&aid=999764

    The traditional -v|-version option is now accepted by all command line
    tools, to help with issue submission.

977738  an option to auto-exclude empty classes
http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=108932&atid=651900&func=detail&aid=977738

    v2.1 will default to automatically excluding all classes with no 
methods
    (javac has a flaw whereby it will emit such classes for certain code
    patterns). This behavior is controlled by a new boolean property
    'instr.exclude_empty_classes' that defaults to 'true'. Because such
    empty classes affect class coverage, users who wish to retain their
    existing coverage numbers can turn this exclusion off. Note that all
    other types of coverage are unaffected.


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CUMULATIVE LIST OF FIXED DEFECTS:
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2.1.5214
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1189166 AIOOBE when handling report properties
http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=108932&atid=651897&func=detail&aid=1189166

1015721 whitespace at end of property values
http://sf.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=386606

1077741 report tool problem with "/"-prefixed report locations
http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=108932&atid=651897&func=detail&aid=1077741

1002854 sourcepath and java file locations
http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=108932&atid=651897&func=detail&aid=1002854

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