New Features in library(jasper)

• Java 2 (a.k.a. JDK 1.2) is now required. library(jasper) will not work using JDK 1.1.x.
• Support for native threads JDKs.
• Changed package name from jasper to se.sics.jasper, according to JavaSoft guidelines. See Getting Started.
• Classfiles are now placed in jasper.jar, which is located in $SP_PATH/bin. See Getting Started.
• The shared library for Jasper (jasper.dll or libjasper.so) is now located in the same directory as the runtime kernel (default <installdir>/lib under UNIX, <installdir>/bin under Windows). See Getting Started.
• Meta-call functionality added (jasper_call_instance/6, jasper_call_static/6, etc.). This makes it possible to call Java without having to generate any glue-code (i.e. without a C-compiler).
• Support for handling local global references from Prolog (jasper_create_global_ref/3, jasper_delete_global_ref/2, jasper_delete_local_ref/2).
• SPException.term declared protected instead of private.
• New class SPCanonicalAtom to handle canonical representations of atoms and to make sure that they are safe with atom-gc. New methods getCanonicalAtom and putCanonicalAtom. New constructor for SPPredicate. getAtom and putAtom deprecated.
• New exception: IllegalCallerException is thrown if the current thread is not allowed to call SICStus.