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@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
binary distribution.
The default installation directory referred to by various Savage and X3D build files is
<br />
- <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\apache-ant-1.10.5</b></code>
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\apache-ant-1.10.6</b></code>
</li>
<li>
Prepend the following executable paths to the
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
system environment variables
as follows:
<br />
- <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>ANT_HOME=C:\apache-ant-1.10.5</b></code>
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>ANT_HOME=C:\apache-ant-1.10.6</b></code>
<br />
If system memory is limited, additional options might be needed:
<br />
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@
to install libraries for optional ant tasks as follows
(<a href="antConfigurationFetchOutput.txt">example output</a>):
<br />
- <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\apache-ant-1.10.5> ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system</b></code>
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\apache-ant-1.10.6> ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system</b></code>
</li>
<li>Confirm proper path and installation:
<pre><b>ant -version</b>
-Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.5 compiled on February 2 2017
+Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.6 compiled on May 2 2019
</pre>
</li>
<li>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.5 compiled on February 2 2017
</ul>
<li>
NetBeans users can reset the default directory referred to by NetBeans:
- <i>Tools</i> menu, <i>Options</i> panel, <i>Miscellaneous</i> tab, <i>Ant</i> subtab, <i>Ant home</i> <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\apache-ant-1.10.5</b></code>
+ <i>Tools</i> menu, <i>Options</i> panel, <i>Miscellaneous</i> tab, <i>Ant</i> subtab, <i>Ant home</i> <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\apache-ant-1.10.6</b></code>
</li>
<li>
For server-side installations (including <a href="#Jenkins">Jenkins</a>),
@@ -818,6 +818,14 @@ Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users.
Default Java version used in Savage projects is
<code style="color:darkgreen"><b>jdk1.8.0_212</b></code>
</li>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Alternative Java version used in current development is
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>jdk-12.0.1</b></code>
+ with future work including
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>OpenJDK</b></code>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
<li>
Verify that the
system environment variables
@@ -834,14 +842,21 @@ Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users.
<code style="color:darkgreen"><b> PATH=.;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;;%ANT_HOME%\bin;</b></code>
(usually inserted at the beginning of an existing PATH, if it already exists)
</li>
- <li>Test what version of Java is installed for your operating system via a console command line. Example:
+ <li>Test what version of Java is installed for your operating system via console command line. Examples:
+
+ <pre>
+<b>$ java -version</b>
+java version "1.8.0_221"
+Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_221-b11)
+Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.221-b11, mixed mode)
+</pre>
<pre>
<b>$ java -version</b>
-java version "1.8.0_212"
-Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_212-b10)
-Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.212-b10, mixed mode)
+java version "12.0.2" 2019-07-16
+Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 12.0.2+10)
+Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 12.0.2+10, mixed mode, sharing)
</pre>
</li>
<li>
@@ -866,13 +881,14 @@ Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.212-b10, mixed mode)
This may be a different version (for example, JRE version 1.7.*) without interfering with the command-line PATH version.
</li>
<li>
- If desired, developers can choose among multiple Java platforms in NetBeans
- via the menu Tools > Java Platforms. However, in practice, we have
- found it best to only install a single version of Java on each machine.
+ If desired, developers can choose among multiple versions of Java platforms in NetBeans
+ via the menu Tools > Java Platforms. Over years of practice, we earlier
+ found it best to only install a single version of Java on each machine to avoid configuration collisions.
</li>
<li>
+ For JDK 1.8 (but not later),
<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jce8-download-2133166.html">Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files 8 Download</a>
- is needed for various builds
+ is needed to support various builds
(link also found at bottom of JavaSE downloads page).
<ul>
<li> Extract the contents (including README.txt) for inclusion in the JDK development build, for example
@@ -1400,6 +1416,12 @@ need to be connected to the NPS intranet.
Javadoc location is configured under <i>Tools > Java Platform > select platform (JDK 1.8)</i> subtab
</p>
</li>
+ <li>
+ For backwards-compatible <code>jaxb</code> support on
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>netbeans.conf</b></code> in Netbeans 11, append:
+ <br />
+ <b><code>netbeans_default_options</code></b>="<b><code>-J-Djavax.xml.bind.context.factory=com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory</code></b>"
+ </li>
<li>
If upgrading Java without re-installing Netbeans, you may need to
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2809366/changing-the-version-on-which-netbeans-runs">modify Netbeans version of Java platform</a>
@@ -1409,6 +1431,9 @@ need to be connected to the NPS intranet.
<br />
<code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\Program Files\NetBeans_11.0\etc\netbeans.conf</b></code> (default user settings)
<br />
+ or, noting hyphen,
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\Program Files\NetBeans-11.1\etc\netbeans.conf</b></code> (default user settings)
+ <br />
or, for older versions of Netbeans,
<br />
<code style="color:darkgreen"><b>C:\Program Files\NetBeans 8.2\etc\netbeans.conf</b></code> (default user settings)
@@ -1421,12 +1446,7 @@ need to be connected to the NPS intranet.
<b><code>netbeans_default_options</code></b>="<b><code>-J-server</code> <code>-J-Xmx2g</code> <code>-J-XX:PermSize=32m</code></b>"
<br />
(for details, see <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqSettingHeapSize">Netbeans FaqSettingHeapSize</a>)
- <br />
- For backwards-compatible <code>jaxb</code> support on
- <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>netbeans.conf</b></code> in Netbeans 11, also append:
- <br />
- <b><code>netbeans_default_options</code></b>="<b><code>-J-Djavax.xml.bind.context.factory=com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory</code></b>"
- </li>
+ </li>
<li>
<a href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal">NetBeans Plugin Portal</a>
has many useful additions for Netbeans
@@ -1505,6 +1525,12 @@ netbeans_jdkhome="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_192"</pre>
<code style="color:darkgreen"><b>%USERPROFILE%\<AppData>\<i>Roaming</i>\NetBeans\8.2\config\Services\Platforms\org-netbeans-api-java-Platform\JDK_1.8.xml</b></code>
</p>
</li>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Alternative Netbeans version used in current development is
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>NetBeans-11.1</b></code>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
<li>
Errors and exceptions are recorded in
<br />
@@ -2670,7 +2696,7 @@ which can lead to the Internet of Things becoming the Web of Things. </i>
<a href="https://savage.nps.edu/developers.html">https://savage.nps.edu/developers.html</a>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
- Revised 31 July 2019.
+ Revised 17 August 2019.
</blockquote>
<p>