[sdljava-users] sdljava-0.9.1 released!

[Ivan Z. G. <iva...@ya...>]

Greetings,

I'm happy to announce the next release of sdljava - sdljava-0.9.1

sdljava is a java binding to the SDL API.  This release includes many
new features.  The major changes were the removal of the dependency on
JDK 1.5 and the addition of the OpenGL binding via GLEW
(http://glew.sourceforge.net) and a binding to FTGL
(http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/henryj/code/#FTGL).

Also a new developer has joined the team:  Bart LEBEOUF bartleboeuf at
yahoo.fr.  Bart has helped create the build environments on the
windows side as well many additions in various places in the codebase.

I hope you find this useful.  Please send any questions to the
mailing list.

-Ivan/

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Changes:
    * added jniclasscode pragma's to swig interface (.i) files  which cal=
l
      System.loadLibrary for the appropriate lib.  Now there is no need t=
o
      call System.loadLibrary explictly from code which utilizes sdljava
   =20
    * added new methods to SDLMixer (SDLMixer version requirement is stil=
l
      1.2.5)
        public static MixChunk loadWAV(Buffer buf) throws SDLException
        public static MixChunk loadWAV(byte[] data) throws SDLException
        public static MixChunk loadWAV(URL url) throws SDLException,=20
IOException, MalformedURLException
        public static MixChunk loadWAV(InputStream in) throws=20
SDLException, IOException
   =20
        public static MixMusic loadMUS(Buffer buf) throws SDLException {
        public static MixMusic loadMUS(byte[] data) throws SDLException
        public static MixMusic loadMUS(URL url) throws SDLException,=20
IOException, MalformedURLException
        public static MixMusic loadMUS(InputStream in) throws=20
SDLException, IOException
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    * added new methods to SDLImage
        public static SDLSurface load(Buffer buf) throws SDLException
        public static SDLSurface load(byte[] data) throws SDLException
        public static SDLSurface load(URL url) throws SDLException,=20
IOException, MalformedURLException
        public static SDLSurface load(InputStream in ) throws=20
SDLException, IOException
   =20
    * JDK 1.5 enumerations removed.  Any existing code which used these
      enumerations needs to be slightly modified.  Please see tests for
      examples of how to use.
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        * CDStatus.java       is no longer a JDK 1.5 enumeration
        * SDLGrabMode.java    is no longer a JDK 1.5 enumeration
        * SDLAppState.java    is no longer a JDK 1.5 enumeration
        * SDLEventAction.java is no longer a JDK 1.5 enumeration
        * SDLEventState.java  is no longer a JDK 1.5 enumeration
        * SDLKey.java         is no longer a JDK 1.5 enumeration
        * SDLEvent.java
            method eventState now takes an int for the event type
            method getKeyName now takes an int
            method getType now returns an int
       =20
    * ALL JDK 1.5 dependencies removed.  JDK 1.5 is no longer required!!
   =20
    * OpenGL 1.1 Support added!!!
        * new methods on SDLSurface getGL() and glSwapBuffers() to access
   =20
    * BufferUtil.java changed readInputStream() so that when it created
      the ByteBuffer to ordering is set to the native byte order.
   =20
    * SDLSurface added mustLock() method
   =20
    * BufferUtil.java: integrated patch from Robert Schuster
      <theBohemian at gmx.net> which fixed the problem of loading byte
      streams from URLs over the network.  Thanks Robert!
   =20
    * SDLSurface added ByteBuffer getPixelData() method which returns
      direct byte buffer for pixel data access!  Removed
      get/setPixelDataXXXX() methods
   =20
    * FTGL binding added=20
(http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/henryj/code/#FTGL). =20
      Font support is now available for OpenGL binding.  Check out=20
FTGLTest example code.
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    * Moved gljava and ftgl build to src/org/gljava/opengl/native directo=
ry
   =20
    * Added ability to disable automatic loading of shared library.
      Specify -Dsdljava.bootclasspath=3Dtrue (or any value) to the java v=
m
      and no shared  libraries will be loaded. =20
      Thanks to St=E9phane Meslin-Weber <steph at tangency.co.uk> for the
      suggestions.
   =20
    * added org.gljava.opengl.model package to faciliate dealing with 3D
      model data.  Also added gljava_export.py blender export script whic=
h
      exports xml format file which can be imported by XMLModelLoader in
      same pacakge.  (there is much to be done here stil...)
   =20
    * added DebugGL for debug pipeline support.  Please see source file
      for documentatin.
   =20
    * Changed methods in SDLGfx which took short[] to take ShortBuffer
    instances instead.  Note:  these methods are currently not working.
   =20
    * added version API; SDLMain.getSDLVersion(),=20
SDLMixer.getMixVersion(), SDLTTF.getTTFVersion()

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Required/Recommended Libraries: (higher version should be fine)

    - Java 1.4
    - SDL 1.2.7
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    - GLEW 1.3.1 (http://glew.sourceforge.net) for OpenGL Support (option=
al)
    - FTGL 2.1.3 (http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/henryj/code/#FTGL)=20
for FreeType font Support w/OpenGL (optional)
   =20
    - SDL_image 1.2.3 (optional)
    - SDL_mixer 1.2.5 (optional)
    - SDL_ttf 2.0.6   (optional)
    - SDL_gfx 2.0.13  (optional)
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    - Ant 1.6.2       (optional, only if you need want to compile
               java sources)
    - SWIG 1.3.22     (optional, only if you want to re-generate
                  native layer)
    - Ruby 1.8.2      (optional, only if you want to re-generate
                      SOME of native layer)