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[ensembl-dev] The future of EnsJ

Dear Ensembl Developers

Some of you may recall that I announced that we are scaling down ourability to continue to develop and support the Ensj, the Java API to Ensembl.

While several people kindly volunteered to help maintain parts of Ensj,no-one was able to commit to the kind of effort that would maintain it asa viable long-term solution.

So it is with a great deal of regret that I have to announce that Ensj willno longer be publically available as of the December release of Ensembl,release 42.

We will do our best to support it until then, however internally we need tofocus our efforts on the Perl API and tools, so any Ensj-support will beprovided on a best-efforts basis only.

We have taken the decision to withdraw Ensj completely rather than keepingit in hibernation as the latter option would quickly result in increasingincompatibilities between Ensj and future changes to the Ensembl schema,which would cause headaches for everyone involved.

We are doing this with great regret. It has not been an easy decision to make.

I would like to extend my thanks to Craig Melsopp, the lead developer ofEnsj, as well as to all of you who have used, supported and contributed toit over the last few years.

The Ensembl Perl API will be unaffected by these changes, and we havea complete commitment to its maintenance as this is the main accessroute in-house. I would encourage those of you who are still using Ensj toconsider switching to the Perl API - you will find that much of the Perl APIstructure is similar to what you're used to with Ensj.

Information, documentation, and a tutorial on the Perl API can be found at

http://www.ensembl.org/info/software/core/index.html

Regards

Glenn Proctor
Core team leader
Ensembl

primerZ 這個系統是透過 Ensembl 提供的 java API 元件, 存取 Ensembl db 的.但最近 EMBL 發信通知, 未來 db schema 更動後, java API 的部分不再維護, 但 perl API 的部分會更新.也就是說, 只要 EMBL DB schema 一變動, 原本 java API 的元件就失效啦!!看來, EMBL 對 java 似乎不再那麼厚愛了............ 真可惜啊! 生物研究 培養一個 java 人才 , 真的不容易嗎?不過, 沒關係, 我們還是有解的.一路走來, 一直用兩種模式進行開發, 沒有了 EMBL java API, 我們還有一個秘密武器的.Let's wait and see.