Support & Development

JIVE is an interactive execution environment developed by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo. JIVE was originally designed as a stand-alone Java application. Recently, it was redesigned for the Eclipse Platform. JIVE is released under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) agreement.

Contacts

The following people are responsible for JIVE's development and maintenance. Questions or concerns can be addressed to the appropriate individual.

Development

JIVE is currently under active development. New features and improvements will be announced in the News section as they are made available. Those willing to contribute to JIVE should contact the developers for more information.

API Documentation

Most of the API documentation for JIVE is available online in Javadoc form. More documentation will be added during future releases.

Changelog

Changes from release-to-release are cataloged and can be viewed in the changelog.

Issue Tracking

An issue tracking system will be put in place in the near future. In the mean time, any problems can be directed to the Eclipse Plug-in developer listed above.

Known Issues

  • Users cannot specify which classes to exclude from event collection.
  • Exceptions caught in filtered classes can cause incorrect sequence model behavior.
  • Superclass method contours appear next to their context's derived-most contour when contours are stacked.
  • Instance contours are not created for arrays.
  • Assignments to array cells are not monitored.
  • Individual contours cannot be expanded or collapsed.
  • Diagram filtering techniques are not available.
  • Programs generating a large number events can exhaust the heap.
  • Lifeline heads on the sequence diagram do not scroll.