- 1. Pre-requisites
- 2. Installation
- 3. News & Noteworthy
Installation Guide
In the light of the recent release of the Windows Azure Libraries for Java by Microsoft, we are working closely with Microsoft to help current users of Soyatec's Windows Azure SDK for Java learn about the new APIs from Microsoft. We are planning to provide more information and support related to this transition on our website around mid-January. In the meantime, to learn more, read here.
1. Pre-requisites
Windows Azure SDK for Java consists of a simple Java archive file It can be integrated in all IDEs for developing Java application to access the Windows Azure Storage.
The only pre-requiste is Java SDK 1.6 or +. Please note that this release is certified only on Windows Vista / 7 with 32 bits and 64 bits edition.
2. Installation
Java Applications can take advantage of Windows Azure SDK for Java either Standalone or through Windows Azure Tooling for Eclipse which bundles Java SDK as part of the installation package
The source package will come soon.
2.1 Stand Alone Installation:
Download the jar file of Windows Azure SDK for Java from sourceforge download page
2.2 Installing from eclipse
Eclipse Development for Windows Azure Java storage SDK Environment
- Windows Vista/7 32 or 64bits
- JDK/JRE 1.5 (or above)
- Eclipse Galileo/Helios: any of the following Eclipse standard
distribution
- Java IDE with Eclipse 3.5
- Java IDE with Eclipse 3.6
Open Eclipse, select Help->Install New Software...
In the Available Software, Click Add... button.
In the pop-up dialog, fill in the Location with http://www.windowsazure4j.org/update and Name is user defined (Recommend Windows Azure Site here).
Select All available sites. If the list of categories doesn't contain the entry "Windows Azure", you need to restart eclipse.
Expand Common Tools for Windows Azure Platform, select Windows Azure Java SDK, and click Next button.
In the next dialog, read carefully the product license and click Finish button to start the installation..
3. News & Noteworthy
V2.0.2
This version is a maintenance build. Most of features of Windows Azure SDK 1.4 are supported. Here is the change-log of this version:
- Support of CreateStorageAccount and DeleteStorageAccount
- Provide an automatic solution to verify the order and completeness of the block list when uploading large blob
- Add the APIs for Service Management History
- Implement a listener for HTTP Client
- New APIs to Create/Delete Affinity Group
- Implement a Thread Pool for ObserveOperationStatus to improve the performance.
V2.0.1
This version is a maintenance build. Here are the changes in this version:
- Bug fix of Proxy - ID: 3199441
- New feature about the support of HTTPS support - ID: 3203683
- New feature about Service Management API should support private cloud - ID: 3243020,
- Correction of a problem of Walk Upgrade Domain URI, which uses "/action=walkupgradedomain", but it actually should be "/?comp=walkupgradedomain"
- Bug fix of uploading large blobs by adding MD5 to IBlobProperties - ID: 3112240
- Bug fix of uploading large blobs with a space character in the name.
- Add a new method getContecnt() in IPageBlob
V2.0.0
This document lists all changes on Windows Azure SDK API between the version_1.0.0 and version_2.0.0.. It helps the migration of existing application to this new version.
Packages
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.authenticate
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.blob
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.blob.io
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.constants
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.error
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.management (New package)
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.queue
· org.soyatec.windowsazure.table
