Uncle Unc

This is a first developers-only release of a completely rewritten codebase. Items now have proper callable methods, the sample GUI client has been completely rewritten to exploit the new API, and an experimental Google module has been added in for the curious to play with. Over 90% of the features in the previous release are functional, plus quite a lot of new stuff, but this isn't yet a 'stable' release.

The ant build file was altered so that folk without the jini kit on their boxes can successfully compile (excluding the jini-dependent subset of classes). A module for viewing log files was added. It is aimed primarily at Apache log4j, but can be applied to any text-based log-file due to its regular-expression-based parsing mechanism.

In this version the database authentication mechanism was completed, and can be applied to any kind of JDBC URL (samples for use with MySQL included), and provides a basis for authentication and communications with many other services. Underneath this, most of the message-passing layer is in place, with a sample dialog-based implementation in the GUI client.

This release fixes a couple of bugs with the classbrowser views that were preventing display of multiple polymorphs of a method or constructor. There are also more descriptive names for the methods. The framework for message-passing between middleware and client is in place, but not yet fully implemented in the demo.

The latest stable version of ulunum the code is
now available as source-only archive for
developers. Binary releases are avaiable for uncle
unc and ecco end-users, using an ant build system.
Two new modules were added to Uncle Unc. The first
is a database browser using JDBC, tested with
Informix and MySQL. The second is a set of common
user interface components, some of which are
incorporated into ui.gui. A fledgling Python-based
command-line interface was also added.