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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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Many changed mapObj methods have been replaced by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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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