ICEfaces
  1. ICEfaces
  2. ICE-1691

Update ICEfaces dependent .jars to more recent versions

          Details

          • Type: Improvement Improvement
          • Status: Closed
          • Priority: Major Major
          • Resolution: Fixed
          • Affects Version/s: 1.5
          • Fix Version/s: 1.6DR#6, 1.6
          • Component/s: Framework
          • Labels:
            None
          • Environment:
            ICEfaces
          • Affects:
            Documentation (User Guide, Ref. Guide, etc.), Compatibility/Configuration

            Description

            ICEfaces includes numerous dependent .jar files that it requires at runtime. The versions of many of these jars are fairly old and it is becoming a problem when using ICEfaces with other third-party tools and frameworks that require newer versions of the same jars.

            We should update the versions of our included 3rd-party jars to more recent versions as listed below:

                                                          Current (1.5) Updated
            commons-collections.jar 3.1 3.2
            commons-lang.jar 2.1 2.3
            commons-logging-api.jar 1.0.3 1.1
            xercesImpl.jar 2.6.2 2.7.1
            xml-apis.jar 1.0-b2 2.7.1

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              Ted Goddard created issue -
              Ted Goddard made changes -
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              Fix Version/s 1.6 [ 10031 ]
              Ken Fyten made changes -
              Summary ICEfaces .jars require updating for third-party compatibility. Update ICEfaces dependent .jars to more recent versions
              Estimated Complexity Low
              Affects [Documentation (User Guide, Ref. Guide, etc.), Compatibility/Configuration]
              Affects Version/s 1.5 [ 10027 ]
              Affects Version/s 1.6DR#5 [ 10071 ]
              Description ICEfaces makes use of a number of ancient .jar files. Updating them to current equivalents would improve third-party interoperability (such as with Liferary).

                                         ICEfaces Liferay
              commons-collections.jar 3.1 3.2
              commons-lang.jar 2.1 2.3
              commons-logging-api.jar 1.0.3 1.1
              xercesImpl.jar 2.6.2 2.7.1
              xml-apis.jar 1.0-b2 2.7.1               		ICEfaces includes numerous dependent .jar files that it requires at runtime. The versions of many of these jars are fairly old and it is becoming a problem when using ICEfaces with other third-party tools and frameworks that require newer versions of the same jars.

              We should update the versions of our included 3rd-party jars to more recent versions as listed below:

                                                            Current (1.5) Updated
              commons-collections.jar 3.1 3.2
              commons-lang.jar 2.1 2.3
              commons-logging-api.jar 1.0.3 1.1
              xercesImpl.jar 2.6.2 2.7.1
              xml-apis.jar 1.0-b2 2.7.1
              Assignee Ken Fyten [ ken.fyten ]
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              Ken Fyten added a comment -

              Okay, committed revision #14076 on the trunk that updates the following jars in the lib directory to the noted versions:

              • commons-collections.jar 3.2
              • commons-lang.jar 2.3 (added this, and deleted the former variant called "commons-lang-2.1.jar")
              • commons-logging.jar 1.1 (mistakenly noted as commons-logging-api.jar in the original issue desc.)
              • xercesImpl.jar 2.6.2 2.7.1
              • xml-apis.jar 1.0-b2 2.7.1

              Also updated the versions-licenses.html file in the lib directory to reflect the updated versions and file names.

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              Ken Fyten added a comment - Okay, committed revision #14076 on the trunk that updates the following jars in the lib directory to the noted versions: commons-collections.jar 3.2 commons-lang.jar 2.3 (added this, and deleted the former variant called "commons-lang-2.1.jar") commons-logging.jar 1.1 (mistakenly noted as commons-logging-api.jar in the original issue desc.) xercesImpl.jar 2.6.2 2.7.1 xml-apis.jar 1.0-b2 2.7.1 Also updated the versions-licenses.html file in the lib directory to reflect the updated versions and file names.
              Ken Fyten made changes -
              Status Open [ 1 ] Resolved [ 5 ]
              Resolution Fixed [ 1 ]
              Repository Revision Date User Message
              ICEsoft Public SVN Repository #14078 Wed Jun 06 16:50:59 MDT 2007 ken.fyten ICE-1691: Updated 3rd party jars to more recent versions. Also renamed commons-lang-2.1.jar to commons-lang.jar, as it's commonly known.
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              Commit graph MODIFY /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/xercesImpl.jar
              Commit graph MODIFY /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/commons-collections.jar
              Commit graph ADD /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/commons-lang.jar
              Commit graph MODIFY /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/versions-licenses.html
              Commit graph MODIFY /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/commons-logging.jar
              Commit graph MODIFY /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/xml-apis.jar
              Commit graph DEL /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/commons-lang-2.1.jar
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              Ken Fyten added a comment -

              Messed up my SVN commit log message, so I reverted and recommitted with correct message. Now at revision #14078.

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              Ken Fyten added a comment - Messed up my SVN commit log message, so I reverted and recommitted with correct message. Now at revision #14078.
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              Neil Griffin added a comment -

              Ken, Ted, Deryk,

              This is fantastic! Thanks so much for doing this!

              Neil

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              Neil Griffin added a comment - Ken, Ted, Deryk, This is fantastic! Thanks so much for doing this! Neil
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              Neil Griffin added a comment -

              Ken,

              There is a file named commons-logging-api.jar that:

              1) Is present in the "lib" folder
              2) Is present in the versions-licenses.html file

              But when I look at the contents of the JAR file, it looks like it is identical in nature/function to the commons-logging.jar file, which was recently updated.

              Recommend deleting the commons-logging-api.jar file, as I believe it is redundant.

              Please seek a second opinion of course!

              Thanks,

              Neil

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              Neil Griffin added a comment - Ken, There is a file named commons-logging-api.jar that: 1) Is present in the "lib" folder 2) Is present in the versions-licenses.html file But when I look at the contents of the JAR file, it looks like it is identical in nature/function to the commons-logging.jar file, which was recently updated. Recommend deleting the commons-logging-api.jar file, as I believe it is redundant. Please seek a second opinion of course! Thanks, Neil
              Repository Revision Date User Message
              ICEsoft Public SVN Repository #14090 Fri Jun 08 10:17:33 MDT 2007 frank.ye ICE-1691: Updated commons-logging-api.jar to 1.1 version.
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              Commit graph MODIFY /icefaces/trunk/icefaces/lib/commons-logging-api.jar
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              Ken Fyten added a comment -

              Detailed description about commons-logging-api.jar

              http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/guide.html#commons-logging-api_jar

              The |commons-logging-api.jar| file includes the JCL API and the default |LogFactory| implementation as well as the built-in |Log| implementations SimpleLog and NoOpLog. However it does not include the wrapper |Log| implementations that require additional libraries such as |Log4j|, |Avalon| and |Lumberjack|.

              This jar is intended for use by projects that recompile the commons-logging source using alternate java environments, and cannot compile against all of the optional libraries that the Apache release of commons-logging supports. Because of the reduced dependencies of this jarfile, such projects should be able to create an equivalent of this library with fewer difficulties.

              This jar is also useful for build environments that automatically track dependencies, and thus have difficulty with the concept that the main commons-logging.jar has "optional" dependencies on various logging implementations that can safely go unsatisfied at runtime.
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              We require the commons-logging-api.jar for our NetBeans IDE integration.

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              Ken Fyten added a comment - Detailed description about commons-logging-api.jar http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/guide.html#commons-logging-api_jar The |commons-logging-api.jar| file includes the JCL API and the default |LogFactory| implementation as well as the built-in |Log| implementations SimpleLog and NoOpLog. However it does not include the wrapper |Log| implementations that require additional libraries such as |Log4j|, |Avalon| and |Lumberjack|. This jar is intended for use by projects that recompile the commons-logging source using alternate java environments, and cannot compile against all of the optional libraries that the Apache release of commons-logging supports. Because of the reduced dependencies of this jarfile, such projects should be able to create an equivalent of this library with fewer difficulties. This jar is also useful for build environments that automatically track dependencies, and thus have difficulty with the concept that the main commons-logging.jar has "optional" dependencies on various logging implementations that can safely go unsatisfied at runtime. — We require the commons-logging-api.jar for our NetBeans IDE integration.
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              Neil Griffin added a comment -

              Thanks Ken, good catch, my mistake!

              Neil

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              Neil Griffin added a comment - Thanks Ken, good catch, my mistake! Neil
              Ken Fyten made changes -
              Issue Type Bug [ 1 ] Improvement [ 4 ]
              Ken Fyten made changes -
              Fix Version/s 1.6DR#6 [ 10090 ]
              Fix Version/s 1.6 [ 10031 ]
              Ken Fyten made changes -
              Fix Version/s 1.6 [ 10031 ]
              Ken Fyten made changes -
              Status Resolved [ 5 ] Closed [ 6 ]
              Assignee Ken Fyten [ ken.fyten ]

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