On <https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/GA/BSF4ooRexx-850.20240304-GA/> there is a new
version of BSF4ooRexx850 that can be downloaded.
Major changes:
* new launcher "rexxb4r.rex": if you have Java/OpenJDK 24 or higher, you can
get rid of the
nuisance warning about JNI (Java/OpenJDK uses JNI heavily) by using this new
script, e.g.
rexxb4r.rex rexx some_program.rex
* "rexxj.cmd"/"rexxj.sh": these launchers get created at BSF4ooRexx850
installation time and use
the exact Java version that got used at installation time (therefore it
needs to be refreshed if
the installed Java version gets updated by doing a "BSFooRexx850 Reinstall"
from the menu); the
logic now checks whether Java/OpenJDK was version 24 or higher, and if so,
will inhibit the
nuisance warning when running programs with it, e.g.
rexxj.cmd some_program.rex
rexxj.sh some_program.rex
* Java's RexxEngine will now use the ooRexx interpreter id as its RexxEngine
id, which should
simplify debugging
* Fixed a very subtle bug when instantiating a Java class that does not have a
public constructor;
this will now correctly throw an exception if attempting to use it
* All JavaFX samples (directory samples/JavaFX) got tidied up and some of them
gained the ability
to give more interesting debug insights like which Rexx interpreter
instance, and which thread
get used to process FXML files (XML text files that define the GUI to use).
Please note: if you use the latest versions of ooRexx 5.2 beta from
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/5.2.0beta/> with the revision of -r13014. or
higher, you can now use Rexx/ooRexx for web server programming using e.g., Apache Tomcat, IBM
WebSphere, or any other JavaEE/Jakarta web server offering, by using the ScriptTagLib library from
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/Sandbox/rgf/taglibs/ga/>. (There is a recorded
presentation about this infrastructure from an ApacheCon presentation here:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVw6WDoMwRg>).
Rony G. Flatscher
List of changes:
-------------------------------------- 2025-09-02
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- BSF.CLS
- increase check for minimum ooRexx version to 5.0
- show how to set bDebug globally via .local, remove debug block
that
uses a non-existent module
- adding new launcher "bin\rexxb4r.rex"
- a new BSF4ooRexx launcher that automatically sets the startup
option "--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED" for Java/OpenJDK
versions 24 or higher to avoid those stupid dreadful messages
about JNI being dangerous which is nuisance;
this needs to be a proper script as to not permanently load the
JVM as after loading it one cannot change the CLASSPATH or the
module path
-------------------------------------- 2025-08-27
----------------------------------
- updated all samples/JavaFX samples
- remove check whether ooRexx 5.0 is being used
- add more debug info (show interpreter, thread and invocation ids)
- add ability to show debug output when processing the FXML files
-------------------------------------- 2025-08-27
----------------------------------
- RexxAndJava.java
- RexxEngine gets as its id value the Rexx instance identifier
(.context~interpreter) to
ease debugging
- RexxEngine.java
- add protected setId(...) for RexxAndJava's
createRexxInterpreterInstance(...)
to ease debugging by allowing Java to use the same identifier as
ooRexx
- change id_counter to produce negative numbers to distinguish
between Java
created instance numbers and (positive) Rexx identifiers
- RexxScriptEngineFactory.java
- reflect that RexxEngine got changed and now uses as 'id' value
the ooRexx interpreter instance identifier
-------------------------------------- 2025-08-24
----------------------------------
- RexxReflectJava7.java
- fixed reflection error: if a class does not have a public default
constructor,
reflectConstructor() would use one of the superclasses's public
default constructor, thereby creating the wrong object; now throws
a RuntimeException with appropriate error message
-------------------------------------- 2025-08-16
----------------------------------
- RexxReflectJava7.java
- in case a cached handle threw an exception and it is not possible
to find working alternate version, return the cached exception
-------------------------------------- 2024-07-07
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- RexxDispatcher.java
- if the Rexx script is not found in the current directory, then use
java.library.path to locate it and if found there use its
canonical path
representation
-------------------------------------- 2024-06-20
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- RexxAndJava.java
- added Josep Maria to kudos
- RexxHandler.java
- corrected JavaDocs, kudos to Josep Maria Blasco
-------------------------------------- 2024-06-15
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- BSF.CLS
- honor environment variable "BSF4Rexx_quiet" set to 1 in addition
to
.bsf.quiet: if either is set to .true (1) do not show hints
- change ppJavaExceptionChain() routine to prepend CR if .endofLine
is "0d0a"x to all contained single LF
-------------------------------------- 2024-05-24
----------------------------------
- BSF.CLS
- .bsf.quiet: if set to .true, inhibits informal output
- add bsf.isArray: returns .true if a BSF_ARRAY_REFERENCE, .false
else
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Prof. Dr. Rony G. Flatscher, iR
Department Wirtschaftsinformatik und Operations Management
WU Wien
Welthandelsplatz 1
A-1020 Wien/Vienna, Austria/Europe
http://www.wu.ac.at
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