Discrepancies between: JDO2.0 spec v. API20 v. SignatureTest's descriptor file

• Key: JDO-341
• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Assignee: Craig Russell
• Reporter: Martin Zaun
• Component/s: api2
• Fix Version/s: JDO 2 maintenance release 1

Description

There are a number of discrepancies to be fixed between the
- JDO2.0 spec (jdo-2_0-spec.pdf as of 2006-02-23)
- api20/ classes and interfaces
- SignatureTest's descriptor file (jdo-2_0-signatures.txt).

Tasks:
- Complete the review of the signature descriptor against the spec, as started as part of JDO-299.
- Decide for every public non-standard features found in api20 but not listed in the spec, if the spec
  is to be ammended, or the feature to made non-public in api20, or the feature to be moved from
  api20 to an implementation package (e.g. core20).

Issues found so far (also see JDO-299):

1) There are 3 public non-standard features in the api20, which are not declared in the signature
      descriptor and not listed the jdo 2.0 spec:

class ObjectIdentity:
    public static java.lang.String STRING_DELIMITER;

class JDOHelper:
    public javax.jdo.JDOHelper();

class JDOImplHelper:
    public static boolean isClassLoadable(java.lang.String);

2) There are 56 names and features declared in the signature descriptor but not listed in the jdo 2.0
     spec. See attached file:
        features_in_signature_descriptor_but_not_in_jdo20_spec.txt

Martin