5.1

Curated Highlights

• DIS 6 related changes
  • Added AggregateStatePdu #93
  • A fix to DeadReckoner class articulated parts handling. #87
  • A fix to TransmitterPdu reference system #91
  • Add set/get methods for accessing EncodingClass, EncodingType and NumberofTDLMessages in SignalPdu #99
  • Added a DisConnection class to disutil package. This class is intended as a simple way to create a multicast connection for sending and receiving DIS PDU's. The classes in the examples package have been refactored to use this class. (ref)
• DIS 7 related changes
  • Added ElectronicEmissionBeamData handler class for ElectronicEmissionPdu #76
  • Aded unit tests for EntityStatePdu and ElectronicEmissionPdu for DIS 7 #76
  • Added PduFactory class for DIS 7 #76
• Changes that affect both DIS 6 and 7
  • Added VariableDatum#setPayload methods #78
  • Removed length fields. Replaced with dynamic getMarshalledSize() #69
• Java related changes
  • Bump to minimum Java 8 source code.
  • Java 11 compiler compatibility fixes (ref)
• Cleanup and deprecations
  • Ran NetBeans code auto-formatter on classes
  • Removed multiple older classes from the examples package. #83
  • Marked several older classes for deprecation. These deprecated classes will likely be removed in a future release, maybe for 6.0. If there are concerns with any of these, please reach out.
    • Deprecated all dead deckoning classes that were prefixed with DIS_DR_. #85 Please use the DeadReckoner class instead.
    • Deprecated all classes in the edu.nps.moves.net package (ref) Note: Please use the new DisConnection class instead.
    • Deprecated the following classes in disutil package; NioServer, PduMulticastReceiver, PduNioMulticastReceiver, UdpServer, ByteBufferPool, CoordinateTransformer, DisMarshaller. #89 Note: Please use the new DisConnection class instead.

Autogenerated - What's Changed

• Removed DIS 6 & 7 length fields, replacing uses with dynamic getMarshalledSize() by @Updownquark in #69
• Dis7 electronic emissions by @lcowan94 in #76
• adds multiple variable datum setPayload methods by @ewatz in #78
• Added hashCode() by @lcowan94 in #79
• Remove old examples by @leif81 in #83
• Deprecate old dis deadreckoning classes by @leif81 in #85
• Mark these classes for deprecation by @leif81 in #89
• updated the reference system datatype to fit IEEE Std 1278.1-1995 by @fo-ifad in #91
• DeadReckoner: disable DR for some articulated parts by @LumHwang in #87
• AggregateState PDU updated by @fo-ifad in #93
• Signal PDU patching by @fo-ifad in #99

Other dependency updates

• Bump junit from 4.12 to 4.13.1 by @dependabot in #73
• Bump maven-jar-plugin from 3.1.1 to 3.3.0 by @dependabot in #98
• Bump commons-math3 from 3.6 to 3.6.1 by @dependabot in #94
• Bump junit from 4.13.1 to 4.13.2 by @dependabot in #95
• Bump maven-compiler-plugin from 3.1 to 3.10.1 by @dependabot in #97
• Bump maven-source-plugin from 2.2.1 to 3.2.1 by @dependabot in #96
• Bump appassembler-maven-plugin from 1.10 to 2.1.0 by @dependabot in #102
• Bump maven-gpg-plugin from 1.5 to 3.0.1 by @dependabot in #101
• Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 2.10.3 to 3.4.1 by @dependabot in #100

New Contributors

• @Updownquark made their first contribution in #69
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #73
• @lcowan94 made their first contribution in #76
• @ewatz made their first contribution in #78
• @fo-ifad made their first contribution in #91
• @LumHwang made their first contribution in #87

Full Changelog: v5.0...v5.1