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 garbage collection. 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.