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dbus-java

Improved version of Java-DBus library provided by freedesktop.org with compatibility to Java 8.

Please note this version is not compatible with 2.7.x versions as classes have been moved in other packages or were completly removed. Most import issues should be easily fixable by using 'Organize Imports'. Using this version as replacement for 2.7.x however, will not work without changing your code as well.

Changes

Changes in 3.0

Requires Java 8
Refactored AbstractConnection and all classes depending on it
Use ThreadPoolExecutor instead of HashMap of Threads
Use ConcurrentHashMap and friends where possible
Removed lots of synchronized blocks (when not required)
Better encapsulation in AbstractConnection
Use BlockingQueue instead of home grown solution
Removed EfficientMap and EfficientList, as they are not really efficient or better than the JDK provided Maps/Lists
Merged UnixSocket stuff of libmatthew to this library, native library libunix-java.so is still compatible with older libmatthew; Main reason is, that the unix socket library of libmatthew is very DBUS specific (like providing special features for SASL/DBUS_COOKIE_SHA)

Older changes

Fixed lots of Java warnings (Generics, unclosed resources)
Removed broken 'Gettext' feature used for exception messages, english exception messages should be good enough
Renamed some classes/methods/variables to comply with Java naming scheme
Removed proprietary logger and replaced it with slf4j
Renamed/refactored some parts to be more 'Java' like (e.g. naming, shadowing)
Fixed problems with DbusConnection.getConnection(SESSION) when using display export (e.g. SSH X11 forward)