Versions

Below tells you what's been new in each release of JavaMappy.

JavaMappy v2.2.6 - 29 Feb 2008

CHG: Replaced the Colour class with 0xAARRGGBB integers to reduce class instantiation on J2ME devices.

NEW: JavaMappy goes isometric! Added full support for Rising Pillar Mode.
NEW: Added a new J2ME Renderer for phones with heap fragmentaion problems (e.g. Motorola V-series). Thanks go to Leo Au for bringing this to my attention.
NEW: Added a .FMA constructor to the J2SE14Renderer.
NEW: Added UNIX shell scripts to the Simple and Swing examples.
CHG: Refactored MapLoader so ChunkLoaders can be overridden.

NEW: JavaMappy is now distributed under an Apache like licence. It is still free, but if your phone blows up, it's not our fault!
NEW: If your hero / space cadet / goblin is on the move, new rectangle collision detection methods tell you where that wall / floor / ceiling is. (See the Layer class.)
NEW: A collision detection method now tells you which corner of the Block you've collided with. (See the Layer class.)
NEW: Added getters in the Layer class for layerData, blocks and anim blocks.
CHG: Improved performance in the LayerViewer.draw() method by inlining Layer.getBlock().
CHG: Refactored the Logging class so it may be more easily removed by optomisers such as ProGuard.
CHG: Tweaked the J2ME Dev documentation a little.

A special thank you goes to Marcel Serour for his ideas, support and continued enthusiasm in this JavaMappy release.
NEW: JavaMappy is now 'obfuscater' friendly! All class references are hard coded to allow easy class renaming.
NEW: Added .FMA and .png constructors for J2ME Renderers.
NEW: Added support for block Text Strings.
NEW: Added methods to the Viewer class for partial map rendering.
CHG: All parameter checks have been moved to a seperate class, allowing 3rd party optomising products to remove all references to it if required.
CHG: Replaced the JavaMappy class with a MapLoader class.
CHG: Removed the RendererFactory class and the JavaMappy.createMapViewer() methods associated with it as a J2ME optimisation. The RendererFactory was superfluous to use.
CHG: Converted all Renderer init methods into constructors.
CHG: Updated the JDK11Renderer so that it doesn't need a Component to initialise itself.
CHG: JavaMappy binaries, java docs, source and examples are now available as a single download.
CHG: Updated the Examples to use the new API.
BUG: Updated parameter checking in the Viewer class to check for the correct min and max values.
BUG: Fixed the J2ME Nokia Renderer.
NOTE: This version of JavaMappy is not backwards compatible with previous versions.

NEW: Added setters to Viewer for view dimensions and offsets.
NEW: Added "ready to deploy" .jar and .jad files to the J2ME example with a new specific J2ME test map.
CHG: Refactored the code in the examples so it is consistant from one to the next.
CHG: Enhanced the documentation in the examples and converted it to HTML.
BUG: Map loading failed whilst loading anim blocks if the map was not FMP 0.5.
BUG: Map loading failed if the map contained an anim block with no frames.

NEW: Added new methods to the Layer class.
NEW: Added a Viewer abstract class.
NEW: Added new methods to the MapViewer class.
NEW: Added new methods to the LayerViewer class.
CHG: Updated the Swing demo so the Map is scrolled using cursor keys.
BUG: JDK11Renderer now correctly determines if a ColourMap is used
BUG: The JDK11Renderer now creates transparent blocks for non 8-bit graphics.
BUG: The J2SE14Renderer now doesn't need a Component object for initialisation.

NEW: Refactored the AnimBlock class and added the rest of the animation sequences.

WARNING: If upgrading from an earlier version, the return value of AnimBlock.getCurrentFrame() has changed.
NEW: Added a really simple JavaMappy example to the examples download.
NEW: Added a J2ME specific .jar file to the JavaMappy J2ME example. See the bundled readme.txt for details.
CHG: Updated the JavaDocs.
CHG: Cut down the size of the test map for J2ME use.
BUG: Block.setFlag(int) fixed - the flag was not being set.
BUG: Fixed the broken links on the website that linked from source code to JavaDocs.

NEW: Added a JavaMappy forum to the webstie.
BUG: Block.getCollisionFlag(int) now works. (Thanks goto Antti Malmi for reporting it.)
BUG: The J2ME example now displays the map. (Thanks goto Karl Wenzel for reporting it.)
CHG: Removed silly hungarian notation from the Applet example.
CHG: Removed silly hungarian notation from the J2ME example.

Removed com.alienfactory.javamappy.util.List (and all dependancies on it) in favour of arrays. This should speed things up in J2ME.
Added the following methods to the Layer class:
- getAnimBlock()
- getBlockIndex()
- setBlockIndex()
- isAnimBlock()
- getWidthInBlocks()
- getHeightInBlocks()
Tweaked the Applet exmaple to make sure it works in IE.
Removed all that silly hungarian notation.

The JDK 1.1 renderer now uses java.awt.image.IndexColorModels. Thanks goto Robin Burrows for the suggestion.
The entire JavaMappy project (including website, binaries, examples and source) is now built. managed and deployed using Apache Maven. (Man, that was a MaJoR undertaking!)
Added package and overview comments to the JavaDocs.

A complete re-write and an utter over haul. I've learnt a whole lotta Java since I wrote v1!
Pluggable renderers for J2ME, Applets and JDKs
A full on Object Oriented approach
Full accessors for Maps and related objects

The first (ahem) official release of Java Mappy, as seen on the Mappy website.
Fully complient with Java v1.1.8 and works with Applets! See demo page for a live example!
JavaMappy v1.20 was meant to be the first release, until I was informed that it wasn't actually Java v1.1 complient. Doh!