# jpy Changelog

## Version 0.13.0
* [#96](https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/pull/96) Python 3.11 compatibility

## Version 0.12.0
* [#88](https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/pull/88) Use valueOf() to box primitive values instead of creating new objects every time
* [#89](https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/pull/89) Add Java process lookup for 'java.home' in find_jvm_dll_file()
* [#85](https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/pull/85) Support creation of zero-sized primitive Java arrays

## Version 0.11.1
* [#79](https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/issues/79) Produce usable / distributable macosx wheels

## Version 0.11.0
* Publish artifacts to [PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/jpy/). Source tarball and binary wheels for Python 3.6 - 3.10 for Linux, Mac, and Windows (x86_64).
* Publish release to Maven Central with group id `org.jpyconsortium` and artifact id `jpy`. Java-8 compatible jars.
* Many more changes.

## Version 0.10

* Add the ability to pass properties and options to write_config_files. These values get passed 
  to the jvm when it is initialized.
  [#180](https://github.com/bcdev/jpy/pull/180#issue-513362903) Contribution by davidlehrian.
* Make jpy work with Anaconda by setting environment variable 
  `PYTHONHOME` from Java 
  [#143](https://github.com/bcdev/jpy/issues/143). Contribution by Dr-Irv.  
* Fixed: Constants are not properly passed from Java to Python when using interfaces 
  [#140](https://github.com/bcdev/jpy/issues/140). Contribution by Dr-Irv.
* Fixed: Cannot iterate through a dict in Python 3.x 
  [#136](https://github.com/bcdev/jpy/issues/136). Contribution by Dr-Irv.
* Automatically build 64-bit Python wheels for all Python versions from 3.4 to
  3.8 on Linux, Windows, and Mac (fixes
  [#174](https://github.com/bcdev/jpy/issues/174)). 

## Version 0.9

This version includes a number of contributions from supportive GitHub users. Thanks to all of you!

### Fixes

* Corrected Java reference count of complex PyObject passed back and forth to methods (issue #120). Fix by sbarnoud.
* Fixed problem where default methods on Java 8 Interfaces were not found (issue #102). Fix by Charles P. Wright.
* Fixed error caused by missing `sys.argv` in Python when called from Java (issue #81). Fix by Dave Voutila.
* Fixed problem where calling jpy.get_type() too many times causes a memory access error (issue #74). Fix by Dave Voutila.
* Fixed a corruption when retrieving long values (#72). Fix by chipkent.
* Fixed fatal error when stopping python session (issue #70, #77). Fix by Dave Voutila.
* Explicit null checks for avoiding JVM crash (issue #126). Fix by Geomatys.

### Improvements

* Can now use pip to install Python `jpy` package directly from GitHub (#83).
  This works for Linux and OS X where C compilers are available by default
  and should work on Windows with Visual Studio 15 installed.
  Contribution by Dave Voutila.
* Java `PyObject` is now serializable. Contribution by Mario Briggs.
* Improved Varargs method matching.  You may pass in either an array (as in the
  past) or individual Python arguments, the match for a varargs method call is
  the minimum match for each of the arguments. Zero length arrays (i.e. no
  arguments) are also permitted with a match value of 10.
* `jpy.type_translations` dictionary for callbacks when instantiating Python objects.
* `jpy.VerboseExceptions` enables full Java stack traces.
* More Python exceptions are translated to the corresponding Java type.
* Globals and locals are converted when executing code with PyLib, to allow variables to be
  used across statement invocation; and interrogated from Java.
* PyObject wrappers for dictionary, list, and introspection functions to tell
  you whether or not you can convert the object.
* Support for isAssignable checks when dealing with Python Strings and primitives, to allow
  matches for argument types such as `java.lang.Comparable` or `java.lang.Number`.

## Version 0.8

### Fixes

* Java interface types don't include methods of extended interfaces (issue #64)
* Loading of jpy DLL fails for user-specific Python installations on Windows (issue #58)
* Java interface types didn't expose java.lang.Object methods (issue #57)
* Java 1-arg static method was confused with a zero-arg non-static method (issue #54)
* Python interpreter crash occurred when executing del statement on Java arrays (issue #52)
* Python extensions loaded from Java couldn't see Python symbols (Linux) (issue #38)

### Improvements

* It is now possible to use jpy Java API to work with multiple Python installations (issue #35).
  A tool called 'jpyutil.py' can be used to write configuration files that determine the required shared libraries
  for a given Python versions.
  A new Java system property 'jpy.config' is used to point to a desired configuration file.
* Simplified jpy installation (issue #15):
  - removed need to add JVM path to PATH (Windows) / LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Unix) environment variable
  - removed need to compile Java module using Maven
  - removed need to specify JDK_HOME environment variable, if JAVA_HOME already points to a JDK
 * Added 'jclass' attribute to Python type that wraps a Java class (issue #63) .
 * Java API extensions
  - new `jpy.org.PyObject.executeCode()` methods
  - new `jpy.org.PyModule.getBuiltins()` method
  - new `jpy.org.PyModule.getMain()` method
  - new `jpy.org.PyModule.extendSysPath()` method
* Java API configuration changes:
  - System property `jpy.jpyLib`:
  - System property `jpy.jdlLib`:
  - System property `jpy.pythonLib`:
  - System property `jpy.config`:
  - Loaded from
    - File `./jpyconfig.properties`
    - Resource `/jpyconfig.properties`
    - File `${jpy.config}`
* Python API configuration changes:
  - Loaded from
    - File `./jpyconfig.py`
    - Resource `${jpy-module}/jpyconfig.py`
  - Attribute java_home
  - Attribute jvm_dll
* Python API extensions
  - new `jpyutil` module
    - `jpyutil.init_jvm(...)`
    - `jpyutil.preload_jvm_lib(...)`
  - new `jpyutil` tool
    - usage: `jpyutil.py [-h] [--out OUT] [--java_home JAVA_HOME] [--jvm_dll JVM_DLL]`
* Added basic support for Java Scripting Engine API (issue #53)

### Other changes

* Switched to Apache 2.0 license from version 0.8 and later (issue #60)

## Version 0.7.5

* Fixed bad pointer in C-code which caused unpredictable crashes (issue #43)

## Version 0.7.4

* Fixed a problem where jpy crashes with unicode arguments (issue #42)
* Fixed segmentation fault occurring occasionally during installation of jpy (issue #40)
* Improved Java exception messages on Python errors (issue #39)

## Version 0.7.3

* Fixed problem where a Java primitive array argument has occasionally not been initialised by a
  related Python buffer argument (issue #37)

## Version 0.7.2

* Added backward compatibility with Python 2.7 (issue #34).
* Added Java parameter annotation 'output' (issue #36).
  This is used to optimise passing Python buffer arguments where Java primitive arrays are expected.
* Removed debugging prints of the form "JNI_OnLoad: ..."
* Corrected documentation of jpy.array(type, init) function, which was said to be jpy.array(type, length)
* Removed console dumps that occurred when calling from Java proxies into Python
* Updated Java API documentation and added it to Sphinx doc folder (doc/_static/java-apidoc)
* Added new diagnostic F_ERR flag to Java class PyLib.Diag
* Java class PyLib is no longer instantiable

## Version 0.7.1

* Updated README and added MANIFEST.in after recognising that the jpy-0.7.zip distribution misses most of the
  required source files and learning what to do on this case.

## Version 0.7

* Initial version.
