JSDT NEWS!

[Jeff]

Long time coming I know.  Here it is (from Rich Burridge at Sun):

I'm pleased to announce the first open-source release of the Shared Data
Toolkit for Java Technology. This is the project previously called
the Java Shared Data Toolkit. The name has been changed as "Java" is a
registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc. It's still okay to call
it JSDT though, and the package names are the same.

This source code distribution is based on JSDT 2.1 which was last worked
on in December 1999, but never officially released.

Recently there has been an effort to cleanup the developer product pages
on java.sun.com. Projects that are no longer being supported are being
removed. JSDT was one of those projects. The options were to either EOL
(end-of-life) it, or release it as an open-source project.

The latter was chosen.

It's being hosted off java.net and being released under the LGPL licence.

Specifically:

  https://jsdt.dev.java.net

There are two ways to get the JSDT 2.1 distribution.

1/ As a single zipped file of the source distribution. See the
  "File Sharing" link on the left of the project home page.
  The file you want is "jsdt-src-2.1.zip" under Top/releases.

2/ From the CVS repository. See:

  https://jsdt.dev.java.net/source/browse/jsdt/

  for more details on how to do this.

Anybody interested in JSDT should become a member of java.net (if they
are not already one), and then join this project.

[Herkules]

Cool ... just requested observer role.

Shared byte arrays .... seems to be similar to what my HeadQuarter does only on low-level?

Are the things you gonna show at GDC based on JSDT?

[Jeff]

What we aer showing is based on an Abstraction called the ObjectStore.  While you *could* build an objectstore with JSDT it would take some work as it requires proper database locking and transaction mechanisms.

The version we will show at GDC is actually based on TimesTen.

Games published by our own members! Check 'em out!

[Herkules]

Isn't ObjectStore still a trademark? Got to know it as an OODB.

What is TimesTen?

Where can I read about ObjectStore?

[Herkules]

This one?

http://www.timesten.com/

[Jeff]

Thats the one.

I woultend to doubt "objectstore" could pass trademark tests as its an awfully generic term.  In any case, it doesnt matter.  A Trademark is only infringed if used in  a way that might confuse a reasonable consumer as to the origins of the work in question.  I don't think thats a problem here.

The objectstore is only a small (but critical) part of the etnire system we will be showcasing.  We wil be posting some white paper stuff here (basically what we are giving to GDC attendees) when GDC begins or MAYBE slightly before.

[vrm]

erm what is it exaclty ?

[Herkules]

We wil be posting some white paper stuff here (basically what we are giving to GDC attendees) when GDC begins or MAYBE slightly before.

[sugarshark]

Cool ... just requested observer role.

Mee too. The JSDT API was one source of inspiration for my last network layer. Nice too see the inner workings now.