Timer Service History

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History Log for Timer Service

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   - Fixes
   + Features
   = Internal changes
   * Changes required to migrate from one release to another

  Notes:
  1) To get more information on each bug, use the following url, replacing
     Ticket# with the Bug#: https://sourceforge.net/p/staf/bugs/Ticket#/
     For example, to get more information on Bug #2982317, go to:
       https://sourceforge.net/p/staf/bugs/2982317/
  2) To get more information on each feature, use the following url, replacing
     Ticket# with the Feature#: https://sourceforge.net/p/staf/feature-requests/Ticket#/
     For example, to get more information on Feature #1867258, go to:
       https://sourceforge.net/p/staf/feature-requests/1867258/
  3) If you specify an old ticket number (i.e. created before June 2013 when
     the STAF project was upgraded to the new SourceForge developer platform),
     you'll be automatically redirected to the link with the new ticket number.

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Version 3.0.3: 12/15/2009

  - Improved error messages for invalid command requests and added exception
    catching when handling a service request (Bug #2895347)

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Version 3.0.2: 02/26/2008

  - Updated to resolve PARMS values for STAF variables (Bug #1546244)
  = Renamed Manifest.mf to MANIFEST.MF so can build this service on Unix
    machines (Bug #1732343)
  + Changed STAF license from the Common Public License (CPL) 1.0 to the
    Eclipse Public License (EPL) 1.0 (Feature #1893042)

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Version 3.0.1: 06/27/2005

  + Added a LIST SETTINGS request to show the operational settings for the
    service (Feature #989754)

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Version 3.0.0: 04/21/2005

  - Improved error message provided for RC 25 (Access Denied) for all requests
    (Bug #1054858)
  + Multiple changes to use new features of STAF 3.0:   (Feature #740150)
    - Updated to return a marshalled list as result from LIST TIMERS/WATCHES
      requests and changed request syntax to: LIST <TIMERS [LONG]> } WATCHES
    - Changed the message being queued to be a marshalled map
    - Changed to use standard STAF return codes
    - Changed to use an endpoint for the machine so that communication to
      machines using different ports will work
    - Added a KEY option to REGISTER/UNREGISTER requests
    - Changed to not allow updating an existing timer
  + Updated queued messages to have type STAF/Service/Timer (Feature #1044711)
  - Changed to use STAFUtil's common resolve variable methods (Bug #1151440)
  - Changed license from GPL to CPL for all source code (Bug #1149491)  
    
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Version 3.0.0 Beta 7: 12/10/2004

  = Recompiled
  
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Version 3.0.0 Beta 6: 11/19/2004

  - Fixed typo in Timer Service User's Guide to reference the corrent jar file
  
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Version 3.0.0 Beta 5: 10/30/2004

  + Changed to return STAFResult from init/term methods (Feature #584049)
  + Changed to use new STAFServiceInterfaceLevel30 (Feature #550251)
  
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Version 3.0.0 Beta 4: 09/29/2004

  + Updated to handle new marshalled result format for a QUEUE GET request
    (Feature #740150)
    
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Version 3.0.0 Beta 3: 06/28/2004

  = Recompiled with STAF V3.0.0 Beta 3. 
      
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Version 3.0.0 Beta 2: 04/29/2004

  + Updated to use STAFServiceInterfaceLevel5, only supported in STAF V3.0.0,
    and to use new syntax for the VAR service (Feature #464843) 
  + Updated to use the new info.writeLocation field so that it now writes the
    tlist.ser and wlist.ser files to directory <info.writeLocation>/service/
    <serviceName> instead of writing the files to {STAF/Config/STAFRoot}/bin
    (Feature #592875)
    
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Version 1.1.0: 02/27/2004

  = Changed from old STAFServiceInterfaceLevel1 to STAFServiceInterfaceLevel4
    (Feature #853620)
  + Registered and unregistered help for the Timer service's error codes
    (Feature (#853620)
  + Instrumented the Timer service's handling of LIST requests to record
    diagnostics data to help prepare for the migration to STAF V3.0.
    The Timer service requires STAF V2.6.0 or later as a result of this change.
    (Feature #853620)  

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Previous History is not available

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