Revision History of Notifications for Java

Last revised: 11Feb2002 GLG

Revision History

2002-February-11 -- First release version

• Added the isAlerting() method to Notification, so you can more easily decide whether or not to look for a user-response after posting it.
• The Mac OS imps have been substantially refactored and reworked. Imps are still provided for both Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X. Both imps now support user-response detection in waitForResponse(). The Classic imp now fully supports numbered icons and numbered sounds, while the X imp does not, due to Mac OS X limitations.
• The XNotification imp is also provided for Mac OS X. It has code for supporting icons and sounds, even though the features don't work on X itself. You can use this to experiment with under newer versions of Mac OS X, or to see for yourself how the features don't work, or for other amusements.
• The NoteToyFrame code was improved in several areas. The background thread that does posting and rescinding is now smarter and interruptible. There is also another thread (the nested class Linger) that waits for a user response to an alerting Notification.

2002-January-31 -- First alpha version

• Imps are provided for Mac OS, classic and X. Both imps are limited, but do provide markers and alerts. The classic imp also does numbered icons and a default sound.

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