RELEASE NOTES FOR PACKAGE PF-BIF (Basic InterFaces)
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Author      : Manfred Duchrow

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VERSION 4.3.0 (18/04/2020), Unit-Tests: 12, 19.2% Coverage
  
* Added
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.JsonSyntaxElement
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.IStringConstant
  > org.pfsw.bif.exceptions.IORuntimeException
  > org.pfsw.bif.conversion.IStringConverter
  > org.pfsw.bif.callback.IPredicate
  > org.pfsw.bif.callback.IFunction
  > org.pfsw.bif.callback.ISupplier
  > org.pfsw.bif.callback.IConsumer
  > org.pfsw.bif.enums.IFieldName
  > org.pfsw.bif.identifier.IdentifierGenerationException
  
* IJSONConvertible
  > Changed signature of
    public void appendAsJSONString(StringBuffer buffer);
    to
    public void appendAsJSONString(Appendable output);
  
  > Changed JSON_xxx constants to be initialized from corresponding enum values
 
* Added Automatic-Module-Name to manifest file
  
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VERSION 4.2.0 (09/03/2019), Unit-Tests: 12
  
* Upgrade of JUnit from version 3 to 4

* New interfaces
  > org.pfsw.bif.conversion.IIntegerRepresentation
  > org.pfsw.bif.conversion.ILongRepresentation
  > org.pfsw.bif.conversion.IBooleanRepresentation
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.IStringRepresentation
  > org.pfsw.bif.enums.IEnumType
  
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VERSION 4.1.0 (07/11/2017), Unit-Tests: 8
  
* ConfigurationException
  > Added constructors
    - public ConfigurationException(String message, Object...args)
    - public ConfigurationException(Throwable cause, String message, Object...args)
  
* New classes and interfaces
  > ConfigRuntimeException
  > IObjectConverter
  > IBidirectionalConverter
  > ConversionRuntimeException
  
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VERSION 4.0.0 (24/01/2017), Unit-Tests: 3
  
* Base package renaming 'org.pf' -> 'org.pfsw'

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VERSION 3.2.0 (10/04/2016), Unit-Tests: 3

* New interfaces
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.ICharsets
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.ICheckedCharset
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.IStringFilter
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.ILineProcessor
  > org.pfsw.bif.callback.IProgressListener
  > org.pfsw.bif.callback.IInputStreamHandler
  > org.pfsw.bif.callback.IOutputStreamHandler

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VERSION 3.1.0 (13/09/2015)

* Clean code

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VERSION 3.0.0 (30/11/2014)

* Upgraded to Java 6

* Added
  > org.pfsw.bif.facet.IReadOnlyNamedValues<TValue>
  > org.pfsw.bif.configuration.IConfigSettings
  > org.pfsw.bif.configuration.IConfigurable
  > org.pfsw.bif.configuration.ConfigurationException
	> org.pfsw.bif.logic.BooleanOperation
	
* Renamed IConfigurable<K,V> to IConfigurableByMap<K,V>
  
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VERSION 2.1 (21/01/2012)

* New interfaces
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.IJSONConvertible

* Classes changed to support generic types
  > public interface IObjectFilter<T>
  > public interface IConfigurable<K,V>
  > public interface IParameterizedCondition<T>
  > public interface IObjectCollector<T>

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VERSION 1.3 (24/03/2008)

* New interfaces
  > org.pfsw.bif.identifier.IObjectIdGenerator
  > org.pfsw.bif.lifecycle.ISystemExitListener
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.IStringPair
  > org.pfsw.bif.text.IMutableStringPair

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VERSION 1.2 (08/08/2006)

* New interfaces
  > IService
  > IServiceStateChangeListener
  
* Bugfix:
  > Changed method of IStoppable from start() to stop()

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VERSION 1.1 (03/06/2006)

* New interfaces

	> org.pfsw.bif
		- IObjectProcessor
		- IObjectCollector
	
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VERSION 1.0 (24/02/2006)

* Interfaces
	
	> org.pfsw.bif.lifecycle
		- IInitializable
		- IReleasable
		- IDisposable
		- IResettable
		- IBasicLifecycle

	> org.pfsw.bif.execution
		- IStartable
		- IStoppable
		- IExecutable
		- ISuspendable
		- IResumable

	> org.pfsw.bif.filter
		- IObjectFilter

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