
                           JGoodies Common
                            Release Notes
                        

CHANGES in 1.6.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

    o Added SystemUtils.IS_JAVA_8 and IS_JAVA_8_OR_LATER;
    o Added an internal implementation class.
    o Updated copyright date.


CHANGES in 1.5.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

    o Removed class AbstractBean that has been replaced by Bean before.
    o Bean has been changed to prevent listeners from being serialized. 
      The 'changeSupport' and 'vetoSupport' have been marked as transient.
    o Source code cleanup.
    o Fixed and extended the pom.xml:
      - added schema
      - fixed scope for dependencies
      - added Maven Central deployer
      - added build data


CHANGES in 1.4.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

    o Replaced AbstractBean by Bean. The old class AbstractBean is still 
      available, but will be removed from a future version.
    o Introduced the StringLocalizer interface.
    o Added the ActionProvider interface (in JSDL Common before).
    o Added SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS_7 and IS_OS_WINDOWS_8;


CHANGES in 1.3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------

    This version is backwards compatible with the 1.3.0 release.
    
    o The javadocs, main and test sources are delivered as JARs.


CHANGES in 1.3.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

    o Requires Java 6.
    o Removed SystemUtils#IS_JAVA_5
    o Removed SystemUtils#IS_JAVA_6_OR_LATER
    o Added null checks for the delegate format in AbstractWrappedDateFormat,
      EmptyDateFormat, EmptyFormat, and EmptyNumberFormat.
    o Added Strings#isTrimmed.
    o Removed code that is obsolete in Java 6.
      

CHANGES in 1.2.1 -------------------------------------------------------------

    o Fixed a bug in ArrayListModel and LinkedListModel with 
      missing ListDataEvents in #removeAll and #retainAll.
      The old code depends on a specific implementation of
      #removeAll and #retainAll that may vary with the platform.
      

CHANGES in 1.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------

    o Fixed missing contents change in LinkedListModel's list iterator.
    o Removed SystemUtils#IS_JAVA_1_4
    o Removed SystemUtils#IS_JAVA_5_OR_LATER
    o Added SystemUtils#HAS_MODERN_RASTERIZER
    o Added SystemUtils#IS_LAF_WINDOWS_XP_ENABLED
    o Added SystemUtils#IS_LOW_RESOLUTION


CHANGES in 1.1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------

    o Added Objects#deepCopy(Object).
    o Source code improvements.


CHANGES in 1.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------

    o Added interfaces ObservableBean and ObservableBean2.
    o Removed generics from EmptyFormat.


CHANGES in 1.0.1

    o Empty*Format#format returns the 'toAppendTo' parameter
      for the empty value instead of a new StringBuffer.


CHANGES in 1.0

    o Added Format wrappers:
      - AbstractWrappedDateFormat
      - EmptyDateFormat
      - EmptyNumberFormat
      - EmptyFormat
    o Added tests for the empty formats.
    o Added Preconditions#checkNotNull(String, String, Object...).
    
    
