[UMN_MAPSERVER-DEV] Java MapScript Versions

[Umberto Nicoletti]

Diego,
I am using latest cvs and I don't see all the changes you claim.
So I think you must have some problem with your environment (like old
builds/dll in classpath or path). Could you try building your app on a
fresh system?

Also, always cc the list.

Umberto

On 7/31/06, Diego Magni <diego.magni at polimi.it> wrote:
> Dear Umberto,
> our old version is 4.6 and new one is 4.8.
> Many changed mapObj methods have been replaced by
> get[set]ConfigOption(string key[, string value]) method[s].
> Moreover, some rectObj methods, such as get[set]Minx[Maxx,Miny,Maxy] are
> not usable now.
> In fact, you can find them into sources *.java, but they don't work,
> probably because they aren't loaded into the mapscript.dll.
> These changes can be unpleasant in particular if the object type is also
> changed.
> For example: mapObj.getExtent gave a rectObj result, while
> mapObj.getConfigOption("EXTENT") gives a String result. By consequence,
> you cannot use it anymore for map browsing functions without any
> conversion from String to rectObj.
> Best regards,
> Diego
>
>
> > On 7/28/06, Diego Magni <diego.magni at polimi.it> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear List,
> >>
> >> I'm implementing a mobile GIS with Java MapScript on an Apache
> >> Tomcat-based platform.
> >>
> >> I've started the implementation with the obsolete version of Java
> >> MapScript, downloaded from http://hobu.stat.iastate.edu/mapserver/.
> >>
> >> Now, I need to update my implementation, but the new version of Java
> >> MapScript (from MS4W distribution,
> >> http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=downloads.html) is quite
> >> different and some methods have been changed or removed.
> >
> >
> > Hi Diego,
> > this is quite possible. Java mapscript has evolved quite a lot in the
> > last years and backward compatibility may have been traded for
> > functionality.
> > Just out of curiosity, what old version where you using and what
> > methods do you find changed? Over time i have upgraded a GIS web app
> > of mine from ancient 4.4.x to the CVS version and found that very few
> > changes were necessary and all between mapserver 4.4 and 4.6.
> >
> >>
> >> I'd like to use a current downloadable version: is the MS4W version
> >> stable? Are new versions of Java MapScript going to be published? Will
> >> they follow the MS4W version template?
> >>
> >
> > Since Java mapscript is shipped together with the mapserver source the
> > idea is that a new Java mapscript is released whenever a new mapserver
> > is released. I do not know if the MS4W mantainers ship a new package
> > whenever mapserver is released or if they use cvs (that is
> > development) versions. By looking at their site it seems that the
> > latest MS4W is using the 4.8.4 mapserver version.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Umberto
> >
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> best regards,
> >>
> >> Diego Magni
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ing. Diego Magni
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> >>
>
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