figures 1 and 2 show typical html documentation generated by jdiff. in this case, the j2se 1.3.0 api and the j2se 1.4.0 api are compared using jdiff 1.0.6. figure 1 is a screenshot of some of the packages that were changed between versions, and figure 2 shows the details for a particular class, java.lang.throwable. every change in the api is reported, from new methods and fields to changes in parameter types and which exceptions are thrown. even the changes in the documentation for each class and method can be reported.
the best way to view a jdiff report is with a web browser. (the report comparing j2se 1.3 and j2se 1.4 can be found at www.jdiff.org.)
what a jdiff report tells you 【推荐阅读:Sun Kicks Off Phase 】
one of the most common questions java developers ask after downloading a new version of a product is: "what really changed?" jdiff is an open source java tool, based on javadoc and developed by the author, that produces html documentation describing the precise api changes between two versions of a product.
this article uses jdiff to show what changed between j2se 1.3 and j2se 1.4, and describes how developers can use jdiff to document the changes between two versions of their own products as easily as running javadoc.
what changed between j2se 1.3 and j2se 1.4?
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