WebSite Servlet SDK
Release Notes

Requirements

• The JRun support for JavaSoft Servlets 1.2 has been tested only with the JDK 1.1.5. If you have an earlier version of the JDK, and run into problems with JRun, please update to JDK 1.1.5 before asking for help or reporting a bug. If you have no JDK, this kit installs the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.1.5 over the previous version of JRE installed by the WebSite Servlet SDK.

Changes and additions since the 1.1 version

• The Java tab of the WebSite Pro property sheet now contains fields which permit adjustment of of embedded Java VM parameters max native stack, max Java stack, and max Java heap.

• The JRun JavaSoft servlet API has been extensively enhanced to support the new Java Server 1.2 servlet API. This includes support for session control and other new capabilities. For specifics, see the accompanying updated JavaSoft Java Servlet API Reference.

• The WebSite servlet Cookie class has been fixed so that maxAge is in seconds instead of milliseconds. For more information, see WebSite.Servlet.Cookie.

• Uncaught exceptions in WebSite servlets now report their cause and traceback in WSJava.log. This should make diagnosis of uncaught exceptions in a production environment much easier.

• If no JDK is installed, this version installs the latest JRE, version 1.1.5.

• This version contains the latest browscap.ini from CyScape, version, 2.2 (14-Jan-98). For more information, see WebSite.Servlet.Client.

Changes and additions since the 1.0 version

• The WebSite.Servlet API now supports reloadable classes. This means you can replace classes under development without stopping and starting the web server. These reloadable classes are loaded from a special directory tree that is not part of the standard class path. For more information on this, see WebSite.Servlet.ServletClassLoader.

• The WebSite.Servlet Response class now supports two new methods, Response.unbuffer() and Response.sendHeaders(). These methods allow you to bypass the response data buffering normally provided by WebSite. Please read the documentation on this carefully before deciding to unbuffer the output. There are tradeoffs that are not obvious. For more information, see WebSite.Servlet.Response.

• The WebSite.Servlet Client class now supports a new method Client.getBrowserCap(), which allows you to retrieve the string value of any arbitrary browser capability/property from the browscap.ini file. For more information, see WebSite.Servlet.Client.

• The browscap.ini file is the latest CyScape version, 2.1b.

• If the JRE is needed, this kit removes any old version of JRE installed by the WebSite Servlet SDK 1.0 and replaces it with the JRE 1.2.4.

• The WSJava.dll and WSJava_g.dll libraries have been extended to support sharing of the Java virtual machine with JRun.

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