JViews Maps 6.0 Release Notes

This document describes the main changes that have been made to the JViews maps module since version 5.5.

Incompatibilities
General Changes
Library Changes

Modified Classes

• ilog.views.maps.IlvMapCSSRenderer
• ilog.views.maps.IlvMapsProduct
• ilog.views.maps.IlvScaleVisibilityFilter
• ilog.views.maps.beans.IlvJMapLegend
• ilog.views.maps.beans.IlvJOverview
• ilog.views.maps.format.shapefile.IlvDBFWriter
• ilog.views.maps.format.shapefile.IlvSHPReader

Incompatibilities

• No known incompatibilities

General Changes

• A new License Manager has been introduced. For more information, please refer to the Licensing documentation.
• A better IlvJMapLegend and IlvJOverview customization

Library Changes

Modified Classes

ilog.views.maps.IlvMapCSSRenderer

• Overview of new features:
  • Have the ability to retrieve the customized renderer from the IlvMapCSSRenderer
• New methods:
  • getCustomizedRenderer(IlvMapFeature): Returns the customized renderer for this IlvMapFeature.

ilog.views.maps.IlvMapsProduct

• Overview of new features:
  • Ability to retreive release informations.
• New methods:
  • GetBuildNumber(): Returns the JViews Maps build number.
  • GetMinorVersion(): Returns the JViews Maps minor version number, that is, 0.
  • GetPatchLevel(): Returns the JViews Maps patch level number.
  • GetReleaseDate(): Returns the date of the JViews Maps release.
  • GetSubMinorVersion(): Returns the JViews Maps subminor version number.
  • GetVersion(): Returns the JViews Maps version number, that is, 6.

ilog.views.maps.IlvScaleVisibilityFilter

• Overview of new features:
  • Ability to retrieve the IlvLinearUnit.
• New methods:
  • getUnit(): Returns the linear unit.

ilog.views.maps.beans.IlvJMapLegend

• Overview of new features:
  • Better legend customization.
• New methods:
  • createLayerLabel(String): This method is called when the legend needs to create its labels.
  • getLayerLabel(IlvManagerLayer): Returns the JLabel object representing the layer label.
  • isLayerGlobalVisibilityMode(): Returns the layer's global visibility mode.
  • setLayerGlobalVisibilityMode(boolean): Sets the layer's global visibility mode.

ilog.views.maps.beans.IlvJOverview

• Overview of new features:
  • Ability to set the interactor.
• New methods:
  • setInteractor(IlvManagerMagViewInteractor): Sets the IlvManagerMagViewInteractor of this overview.

ilog.views.maps.format.shapefile.IlvDBFWriter

• Overview of new features:
  • Ability to specify the encoding for the DBF reader.
• New constructors:
  • IlvDBFWriter(IlvDBFAttributeInfo, String, String): Constructs a new .dbf Writer to write the attributes whose descriptor is specified, using the specified string encoding.

ilog.views.maps.format.shapefile.IlvSHPReader

• Overview of new features:
  • Ability to read a null shape.
• New methods:
  • readNullShape(): Reads a NULL shape.