JF/97.0

Author: pquiring

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.github.pquiring</groupId>
   <artifactId>javaforce</artifactId>
-  <version>96.0</version>
+  <version>97.0</version>
 
   <scm>
     <url>https://github.com/pquiring/javaforce</url>

readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 JavaForce SDK
 =============
 
-Version 96.0
+Version 97.0
 
 Description
 ===========
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Before checking out the source make sure to configure line endings:
 Checkout Javaforce and a specific version:
   git clone http://github.com/pquiring/javaforce
   cd javaforce
-  git checkout tags/96.0
+  git checkout tags/97.0
   ant
 Next build the native loaders.
 

src/javaforce/JF.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 public class JF {
 
   public static String getVersion() {
-    return "96.0";
+    return "97.0";
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {

versions.properties

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #JavaForce version properties
 
 #JavaForce version
-javaforce-version=96.0
+javaforce-version=97.0
 
 #Java JDK version (version that is targetted in compiling)
 java-version=25

whatsnew.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 What's new...
 
+Jan 28/2026 : JF/97.0
+  - some JNI interfaces have been upgraded to FFM (see javaforce.ffm.*)
+    FFM.disable() can be used to revert back to JNI
+    Completed so far : OpenGL, OpenCL, Camera and PCap
+    FFM overall is more complex than JNI.
+    see javaforce.ffm.JNI2FFM that converts a JNI interface to FFM.
+    The FFM implementations call nearly identical JNI methods,
+    which in turn call the related native methods.
+    Directly invoking Windows API or FFMpeg (todo) would be too complex.
+    javaforce.ffm.FFM is a helper class to get function pointers and deal with arrays.
+    Performance seems on par with JNI.
+  - increased minimum required JDK to 25 (technically only 22 is required for FFM but 25 is the next LTS)
+  - on Debian the JDK dependancy changed from default-jre to openjdk-25-jre
+    which may cause issues requiring manual upgrades.
+    Ensure JDK 25 is installed before upgrading:
+      apt install openjdk-25-jre
+
 Jan 23/2026 : JF/96.0
   - all native methods have been moved to javaforce.jni
   - next release will test out Java FFM native interop