JavaBeans(tm)Activation Framework 1.1 Release Notes

Welcome to the JavaBeans(tm) Activation Framework! A great deal of time
and effort was put into making this package functional and
usable.  We are however, realistic in anticipating that there exist
scenarios and applications where this implementation could be improved
upon.  We welcome your feedback in this area to the email address
listed below.

System Requirements:
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The JavaBeans(tm) Activation Framework (JAF) was developed and tested
against Sun's JDK 1.4.2 on the Solaris SPARC platform.  JAF is
written in Java (with no native code). It will run on any JDK(tm) 1.4
(or newer) compatible virtual machine so don't hesitate to try it and
please report failures.

Installation:
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There is effectively *no* installation of the JAF. The classes that
make up the JAF are contained in the included Java(tm) Archive (JAR) file,
"activation.jar". This file can be placed anywhere accessible to the
Java virtual machine running on your system. The only requirement is
that the activation.jar be included in your system's class path so
Java can find the JAF classes.

Related Web Sites:
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There are a number of web sites you might find useful if you haven't
already run across them:

http://java.sun.com  -- This is Sun's Java Software External Web Site.

http://java.sun.com/beans -- This is the JavaBeans web site which is
                             full of the latest beans information. The
                             JAF spec is available in the 'Glasgow' area.

http://java.sun.com/products/javamail -- The JavaMail(tm) API provides a set
                             of abstract classes that model a mail system.
                             It's implementation is dependent on the JAF.


Bugs fixed in the 1.1 Release:
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<no id>	use context class loader to load data content handlers
<no id>	guard against possible NPE when parsing mailcap file
<no id>	really make sure input stream gets closed in DataHandler.writeTo
4134676	need way to find all known MIME types
4786035	API doc: some bugs in javax/activation/MimeType.cmnt
4848096	MailcapCommandMap should store *ALL* mailcap entries
5090200	CommandMap needs file name to choose proper command on Windows
6245613	fix ActivationDataFlavor normalize methods to match DataFlavor
6252930	MailcapCommandMap needs support for "fallback" entries in mailcap file

How to contact us:
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We have created an email alias that will send all your questions and
comments to the JAF 'team'. We cannot guarantee that we will respond
to all of your email, but we do promise to read them. 

activation-comments@sun.com