HDF-Java: 2.6.1 to 2.7 binary compatibility report

Library Name	HDF-Java
Version #1	2.6.1
Version #2	2.7

Total Java ARchives	6
Total Methods / Classes	1880 / 133
Verdict	Incompatible (9.3%)

	Severity	Count
Added Methods	-	230
Removed Methods	High	9
Problems with Data Types	High	2
Medium	1
Low	1
Problems with Methods	High	0
Medium	0
Low	28
Other Changes in Data Types	-	77

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field dims has been changed from int[] to long[].	A client program may be interrupted by NoSuchFieldError exception.

	Change	Effect
1	Abstract method createLink ( Group, String, HObject ) has been removed from this class.	A client program may be interrupted by NoSuchMethodError exception.

	Change	Effect
1	Value of final field FILE_OBJ_SEP (java.lang.String) has been changed from "#//" to "://".	Old value of the field will be inlined to the client code at compile-time and will be used instead of a new one.

	Change	Effect
1	Value of final field VERSION (java.lang.String) has been changed from "2.6.1" to "2.7".	Old value of the field will be inlined to the client code at compile-time and will be used instead of a new one.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed java.lang.NullPointerException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed exceptions.HDF5LibraryException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.
2	Added exceptions.HDF5Exception exception thrown.	A client program may be interrupted by added exception.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed java.lang.NullPointerException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed exceptions.HDF5Exception exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.
2	Added exceptions.HDF5LibraryException exception thrown.	A client program may be interrupted by added exception.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed exceptions.HDF5Exception exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.
2	Added exceptions.HDF5LibraryException exception thrown.	A client program may be interrupted by added exception.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed java.lang.NullPointerException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed java.lang.NullPointerException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed java.lang.NullPointerException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed java.lang.NullPointerException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.

	Change	Effect
1	Removed java.lang.NullPointerException exception thrown.	A client program may change behavior because the removed exception will not be thrown any more and client will not catch and handle it.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Method became non-synchronized.	A multi-threaded client program may change behavior.

	Change	Effect
1	Field LIB_VERSION has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.

	Change	Effect
1	Field H5E_DEFAULT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
2	Field H5E_MAJOR has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
3	Field H5E_MINOR has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
4	Field H5F_ACC_DEFAULT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
5	Field H5F_LIBVER_EARLIEST has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
6	Field H5F_LIBVER_LATEST has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
7	Field H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
8	Field H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
9	Field H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
10	Field H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
11	Field H5L_TYPE_ERROR has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
12	Field H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
13	Field H5L_TYPE_HARD has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
14	Field H5L_TYPE_MAX has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
15	Field H5L_TYPE_SOFT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
16	Field H5O_COPY_EXPAND_EXT_LINK_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
17	Field H5O_COPY_EXPAND_REFERENCE_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
18	Field H5O_COPY_EXPAND_SOFT_LINK_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
19	Field H5O_COPY_PRESERVE_NULL_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
20	Field H5O_COPY_SHALLOW_HIERARCHY_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
21	Field H5O_COPY_WITHOUT_ATTR_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
22	Field H5O_SHMESG_ALL_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
23	Field H5O_SHMESG_ATTR_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
24	Field H5O_SHMESG_DTYPE_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
25	Field H5O_SHMESG_FILL_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
26	Field H5O_SHMESG_NONE_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
27	Field H5O_SHMESG_PLINE_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
28	Field H5O_SHMESG_SDSPACE_FLAG has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
29	Field H5O_TYPE_DATASET has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
30	Field H5O_TYPE_GROUP has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
31	Field H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
32	Field H5O_TYPE_NTYPES has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
33	Field H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
34	Field H5P_CRT_ORDER_INDEXED has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
35	Field H5P_CRT_ORDER_TRACKED has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
36	Field H5P_DATASET_ACCESS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
37	Field H5P_DATASET_ACCESS_DEFAULT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
38	Field H5P_GROUP_ACCESS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
39	Field H5P_GROUP_CREATE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
40	Field H5P_LINK_ACCESS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
41	Field H5P_LINK_CREATE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
42	Field H5P_OBJECT_COPY has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
43	Field H5S_NULL has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
44	Field H5Z_FILTER_ALL has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
45	Field H5Z_FILTER_NBIT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
46	Field H5Z_FILTER_SCALEOFFSET has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
47	Field H5Z_NBIT_USER_NPARMS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
48	Field H5Z_SCALEOFFSET_USER_NPARMS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
49	Field H5Z_SHUFFLE_TOTAL_NPARMS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
50	Field H5Z_SHUFFLE_USER_NPARMS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
51	Field H5Z_SO_FLOAT_DSCALE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
52	Field H5Z_SO_FLOAT_ESCALE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
53	Field H5Z_SO_INT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
54	Field H5Z_SO_INT_MINBITS_DEFAULT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
55	Field H5Z_SZIP_PARM_BPP has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
56	Field H5Z_SZIP_PARM_MASK has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
57	Field H5Z_SZIP_PARM_PPB has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
58	Field H5Z_SZIP_PARM_PPS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
59	Field H5Z_SZIP_TOTAL_NPARMS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
60	Field H5Z_SZIP_USER_NPARMS has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
61	Field H5_INDEX_CRT_ORDER has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
62	Field H5_INDEX_N has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
63	Field H5_INDEX_NAME has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
64	Field H5_INDEX_UNKNOWN has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
65	Field H5_ITER_DEC has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
66	Field H5_ITER_INC has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
67	Field H5_ITER_N has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
68	Field H5_ITER_NATIVE has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
69	Field H5_ITER_UNKNOWN has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.

[+] affected methods (1)

Binary compatibility report for the HDF-Java library between 2.6.1 and 2.7 versions

Test Info

Test Results

Problem Summary

Added Methods (230)

Removed Methods (9)

Problems with Data Types, High Severity (2)

Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity (1)

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity (1)

Problems with Methods, Low Severity (28)

Other Changes in Data Types (77)

Java ARchives (6)

	Change	Effect
1	Field CRT_ORDER_INDEXED has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
2	Field CRT_ORDER_TRACKED has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
3	Field LINK_TYPE_EXTERNAL has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
4	Field LINK_TYPE_HARD has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.
5	Field LINK_TYPE_SOFT has been added to this class.	No effect. NOTE: A static field from a super-interface of a client class may hide an added field (with the same name) inherited from the super-class of a client class and cause IncompatibleClassChangeError exception.