Development/ReWrite2010
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Introduction
The intended objectives and architecture are documented in the RxTX_Rewrite.pdf document in the ReWrite2010 of the in the source repository. To summarise:
Provide a reference implementation of the javax.comm package using open source code. The existing version 2.x source code will be completely re-written.
Design Objectives:
- Reference implementation – strictly adheres to the javax.comm API.
- Small footprint - Java and C code should strive to be as small as possible.
- Good performance – Java code should provide the shortest path possible to the native code. Native code should provide the shortest path possible to the underlying system.
- Fault tolerant - Java and C code should handle I/O errors gracefully, providing good error recovery.
- Proven – Java unit tests should achieve 100% code coverage.
- Compatible – the rewrite should be a drop-in replacement for the javax.comm library.
The rewrite was discussed in a mailing-list thread.
Milestones
To do...
What is left to be done and known issues
- Java Unit Tests
- Native code for MacOS X and Unix systems
Building the code
To do...
Meanwhile here are some hints to build the native dll under windows.
http://mailman.qbang.org/pipermail/rxtx/2010-August/7607206.html
