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MacOS X Server Release Notes Copyright \xa9 1998 by Apple Computer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Mac OS X Server Release Notes:
WrapIt

This file contains release notes for WrapIt in Rhapsody = 1.0. WrapIt is an application that lets one specify interactively how to = expose a set of Objective-C entities (types, classes, categories and = protocols) as Java(TM) classes and interfaces.

Notes Specific to Mac OS X Server

Features Summary

WrapIt is a new developer application that did appear in = the Premier Release. Its most important features are:

• Easy exposure of Objective-C entities to = Java.
  
  WrapIt presents the developer with browsers = for the Objective-C types, classes, categories and protocols that can be = exposed to Java. Choosing to do so is a matter of picking the entity to = expose and choosing the methods one wants to see in Java. The generated = code can easily be customized by adding Java code to the generated = descriptions. Objective-C selectors are automatically mapped to the = method names chosen by editing the default Java method name for a given = selector.
  
  
• Full support for generating descriptions conforming = to the Java 1.1 specifications.
  
  WrapIt supports adding any Java modifier to any = method, class or interface. It will even let you generate inner = interfaces or classes for your Java wrappers.
  
  
• Highlighting of potential errors.
  
  WrapIt tags some exposures that are incorrect, = like the exposure of a class whose superclass was exposed as a final = Java class, the exposure of a subclass in a different package than its = superclass if this one is package protected, etc.

Known Problems

These bugs are known to happen in WrapIt.

Reference	2208185
Problem	WrapIt searches for = ..jobs and .h files in a fixed set of locations.
Description	Files are looked for = only in the directory where the .jobs and primary .h files are, and in = the standard places for .jobs and .h files. It is thus usually = impossible to run WrapIt on a built project because WrapIt will look for = its installed headers, which may not be the most up to date ones.
Workaround	Install any project = whose header files may be needed by WrapIt.

Trademarks

Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are = trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the = United States and other countries.