8.4

8.4.0-beta1

Note

Initial release:

  • CAST Imaging Core 8.4 is the "analysis engine" providing core services to the CAST analyzers for CAST Imaging v3 and must be installed on every single "node" in your CAST Imaging installation (this includes the single machine installation scenario).
  • For installations of CAST Imaging v3 on Docker/Linux, CAST Imaging Core is provided as a Docker image and is downloaded and installed automatically.
  • For installations of CAST Imaging v3 on Microsoft Windows, CAST Imaging Core is provided as a traditional installer and must be downloaded and installed separately. CAST Imaging Core 8.4 can co-exist on machines where CAST AIP Core (com.castsoftware.aip) 8.3 has been installed, but it cannot be used with CAST Imaging/Console v1/v2 releases.
  • Please note that following technologies are not supported by CAST Imaging Core 8.4 although they are supported by CAST AIP Core (com.castsoftware.aip) 8.3:
    • C/C++ (will be supported in a future release)
    • SAP ABAP (will be supported in a future release)
    • EGL
    • FLEX
    • Microsoft VisualBasic
    • Oracle Forms/Reports
    • PeopleSoft
    • SAP BusinessObjects
    • SAP PowerBuilder
    • Siebel
    • Swift (Objective-C)
    • TIBCO

Feature Improvements

Summary Details
Offline analysis Analyzers no longer connect to the database during the analysis process to save results. Instead, results are saved temporarily on disk and uploaded to the database when the analysis is complete
Parallel analysis Analyses can now be run in parallel.
Performance improvements This release provides some analysis performance improvements in comparison with previous releases.
Support for installation on Linux This release can now be installed on a Linux OS via a Docker container (in addition to the existing support for direct installation on Microsoft Windows).