2.7.1 SNMP Packaging in Java DMK 5.1

The Java packaging of the SNMP classes for Java DMK 5.1 has changed. In Java DMK 5.0, the SNMP classes were included in the SUNWjsnmp package, and they required a separate Java archive (JAR) file, jsnmpapi.jar. In Java DMK 5.1, the SNMP classes are packaged in the SUNWjdmk-runtime package, and require the same jdmkrt.jar JAR file as the rest of the current Java DMK classes. This new arrangement avoids the issue of potentially conflicting versions of the SUNWjsnmp package encountered under Java DMK 5.0.

In addition, the SNMP API delivered with Java DMK 5.0 is now deprecated. The SNMP API in Java DMK 5.1 is effectively a completely new SNMP API, that introduces a more orthodox system of Java class naming.

To use existing SNMP implementations that you created using Java DMK 5.0 alongside SNMP implementations created using Java DMK 5.1, you must translate the class names of the 5.0 implementations into the new format. How to perform this translation is explained in the Release Notes.

To continue to use SNMP implementations you created using version 5.0 of Java DMK under version 5.1, a new JAR file called legacysnmp.jar is provided. You must add this new JAR to your classpath when running your Java DMK 5.0 SNMP implementations under Java DMK 5.1.

All the examples of SNMP code given in the /examples/current/Snmp directory have already been translated to implement the new class naming system. However, should you require them, a full set of SNMP examples that follow the package naming from Java DMK 5.0 have been retained in the /examples/legacy/Snmp directory.