[Quickfix-developers] QuickFIX/J Beta 2 Release Available

[Steve B. <sb...@sm...>]

The QFJ Beta 2 is available. This release is primarily a
bug fix release. There is also an addition message store
that uses the SleepyCat JE database engine.

Download: http://tinyurl.com/dfoac

With the exception of some intermittent issues at the
networking layer, the engine is very stable. I haven't
seen the networking issues myself, but before the version
1.0.0 release I intend to switch to MINA as the networking
layer. At the same time, I'll be doing some significant
refactoring of the initiator/acceptor code (it will remain
API-compatible with C++ JNI however).

Thanks to everyone who has submitted patches and bug
reports. I encourage you to use the QF bug tracker for
bug reports and for feature requests. This is the best way
to increase the chances that your fix or feature will be
in the next version. I use the bug tracker extensively,
especially when preparing for a release.

For the people having the intermittent networking issues,
it would help if you could provide as much information as
possible about your setup. For example, which initiator
and acceptor implementation are you using (thread per
session or not)? Example code that reproduces the problem
would be ideal, but I realize this might be difficult if
the problem can't be reproduced reliably.

We are also not going to continue developing on the existing
1.0.0 branch but will work on the CVS HEAD instead. This
will make it easier for people to generate and incorporate
patches (most were generated from on the HEAD anyway). I
don't expect the HEAD to change significantly before the=20
1.0.0 release.

1.0.0 Beta 2 Change Log
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New Features:
  * Added SleepyCat JE message store.
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Bug Fixes:
  * Bug #104 Fixed serialization problem when using DD
  * Bug #106 Fixed onPoll ClassCastException
  * Bug #106 Fixed initiator management of session list
  * Bug #115 Fixed bug in logs and default session qualifier.
  * Bug #120 Fixed connect after reconnect problems=20
        (initiator race condition)
  * Bug #127 Fixed bugs in fragmented message parsing
  * Bug #131 Fixed timer race condition during initiator shutdown
  * Bug #132 Fixed message clone of groups
  * Bug #133 Added timer to acceptor for automatically ending heartbeats
  * Bug #139 The Logout message in response to a bad Logon is mishandled

  * Bug #140 FileLog does not append
  * Bug #141 Resend logic is incorrect
  * Bug #142 Fixed support for custom message factories
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Steve Bate
Smart Trade Technologies
Phone: +33 4 42 90 03 97
http://www.smart-trade.net/