New DrJava Beta Release: drjava-beta-20100711-r5314

We have just released our third beta version in preparation for the next stable release: drjava-beta-20100711-r5314. You can download it from SourceForge or from the DrJava homepage.

Available for download at http://drjava.org .

DrJava is a lightweight programming environment for Java designed to
foster test-driven software development. It includes an intelligent
program editor, an interactions pane for evaluating program text, a
source level debugger, and a unit testing tool.

In addition to bug fixes in anticipation of the next stable release,
this beta release includes a number of new features introduced after
the last beta release:

These features include a simplified Java language level facility,
the ability to generate a custom DrJava .jar file that contains
additional libraries, and the ability to abort a “Find All” search
that encounters missing files.

Note: Java 1.4 compatibility has been dropped. To use DrJava, you will
need Java 5 or newer.

New features since the last beta release:

• There is a new option in Preferences/Interactions Pane
  called “Smart Run (‘java’) Command”. If enabled (default),
  the “Run” button and the “java” command in the Interactions
  Pane detects if the class (a) is an ACM Java Task Force
  program (subclass of acm.program.Program) or (b) an applet.
  If (a), then it runs the program’s main method, but inserts
  “code=MyClass” as argument 0. If (b), it starts the
  applet viewer. Otherwise, the “java” command behaves just
  as before.
• Right margin line.
• Improved Save As file naming.
• Tools->Advanced->New DrJava Instance feature.
• Appending .jar to file name when generating custom DrJava.

Bug fixes since last beta release:

• StringIndexOutOfBoundsException During Next Word
• Exception when double click on External process tab
• This commit fixes some glitches in the new functional
  LL, effectively subsuming both the Elementary (.dj0)
  and Intermediate (.dj1) language levels.
• Bugfix for throw null
• Fixing a memory leak in DefinitionsPane.

New features since the last stable release:

• The Eclipse Java Compiler is now integrated into DrJava. DrJava
  therefore does not require the JDK anymore to compile
  programs. Note that the JDK is still required to use the debugger
  or to create Javadoc.
• DrJava supports the OpenJDK and JavaMint (multi-stage programming
  in Java; see http://www.javamint.org/ ) compilers.
• JUnit 4.7 support.
• ConcJUnit support (for concurrent unit tests; see
  http://www.concutest.org/ ).
• Access control for private and package private members now enabled
  by default.
• DynamicJava (Interpreter) error messages are much better,
  especially those involving method and constructor invocation.
• Added support in DynamicJava for explicit type arguments in local
  function invocations (x = foo(23)).
• The Breakpoint, Bookmarks, and Find Results tabbed panes now have
  Previous/Next buttons and associated keyboard shortcuts for simpler
  browsing.
• The Interactions Pane working directory can now be specified even
  when not using projects.
• If DrJava cannot start, for example because of bad memory settings
  in the Preferences, DrJava will suggest that you let it reset the
  Preferences.
• The preferred compiler can now be set, and this setting will be
  restored when DrJava starts the next time.
• Zoom for Print Preview.
• New Class wizard.
• Save Copy ability for Definitions documents, Interactions Pane and
  Console Pane contents.
• The Java Language Level facility has been simplified. There now is
  only one language level called “Functional Java”, using the file
  extension .dj. It is comparable to the Intermediate level and
  can still compile .dj0 and .dj1 files. .dj2 files are compiled
  using the Full Java compiler. DrJava will suggest that you rename
  .dj0 and .dj1 files to .dj files, and .dj2 files to .java files.
• DrJava can generate a custom .jar file of itself that includes
  additional files. There is a Tools/Advanced/Generate Custom
  drjava.jar menu item that takes the current DrJava executable file
  and a number of user-specified files to generate a new jar file.
  • The libraries included in the new jar file will then
    automatically be included in the classpath and be usable without
    adding them to a classpath somewhere.
  • There is no functionality to remove the libraries again from the
    modified jar file.
  • Generating a custom DrJava jar file disables the check for
    updated versions. Otherwise a user may download an updated
    version that doesnt have required libraries anymore.
• When DrJava encounters missing files during a “Find All” search,
  it will ask the user whether to continue or abort the search.
• Improved “New Java Class” dialog with some auto-completion.
• Better feedback when Java API data is loaded, which may involve
  some delay if it is retrieved from the internet.

Bug fixes since the last stable release:

• Fixed some indentation bugs.
• Fixed some GUI initialization problems that prevented DrJava from
  starting on some systems.
• Fixed a bug that prevented DrJava from opening on MacOS 10.5 or
  10.6.
• Fixed compiler error when closing curly brace missing.
• Fixed NullPointerException in Jar Project dialog.
• Fixed a bug that prevented users from editing External Processes.
• Fixed a bug in un-commenting source code.
• Fixed a bug in displaying the Auto-Import dialog in the
  Interactions Pane.
• Improved suggestion to increase interactions JVM heap.
• Improved responsiveness when selecting a compiler.
• Fixed a bug that prevented users from generating Javadoc of
  Language Level files.
• DynamicJava (Interpreter) bug fix allows the declaration of
  interfaces.
• Miscellaneous small DynamicJava bug fixes make it much more robust
  and correct, including better handling of member lookup, inner
  classes, enums, interfaces, raw types, static imports, switch
  statements, casts, and final variables.
• Bugfix for comparing 0.0 == -0.0 and NaNs.
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Supports annotation declarations
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Fixes parser bug for enums
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Fixes implicit accessibility of interface
  members
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Fixes checking of assignments from character
  literals
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Improves checking of casts
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: getClass() is a special method with type
  Class for all classes
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Improves error messages for inner class
  references
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Preserves location in wildcards
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Catches errors that occur during static
  initialization of a class
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Short-circuiting during type checking
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: += for strings
• Bugfix in DynamicJava: Array initializer is assigned to a non-array
  type
• Misc improvements to DynamicJava SoureChecker
• Bugfix that prevented users from watching local variables in the
  Debugger.
• Smaller Java Language Level fixes.