Features under consideration

SnappyIndexer for parallel compression/decompression
CUI commands (snap/unsnap)

Since vesion 1.1.0.x, Java 6 (1.6) or higher is required.

snappy-java-1.1.1.6 (26 Oct 2014)

Fixes #88, #89, #90 and #91
Fixed the broken build of 1.1.1.4 and memory leak bug 1.1.1.5 (so never use these versions)

snappy-java-1.0.5.4 (12 September 2014)

Embedded libstdc++ for Linux/amd64 native library (hotfix to 1.0.5.x series)

snappy-java-1.1.1.3 (19 July 2014)

Improved the performance of SnappyOutputStream

snappy-java-1.1.1 (4 July 2014)

Added Snappy framing format support: SnappyFramedInput/OutputStream
Added native libraries for PowerPC, IBM-AIX 6.4, SunOS.

snappy-java-1.1.1-M4 (4 July 2014)

Add linux-x86_64 native library, embedding libstdc++
IBM AIX 6.1 support
A fix for loading in OSGi in Mac OS X (#76)

snappy-java-1.1.1-M3 (26 June 2014)

Add PowerPC support (ppc64, ppc64le)
Building with sbt

snappy-java-1.0.5.2 (25 June 2014)

Maintanance release
Add PowerPC support ppc64le, ppc64 (big-endian)

snappy-java-1.1.1-M2 (12 June 2014)

Bug fixes and some optimization of SnappyFramedFormat
Added a native library for ppc64le
Preview build (without libstdc++ embedded for Linux/x86_64)

snappy-java-1.1.1-M1

Preview build (without libstdc++ embedded for Linux/x86_64)

snappy-java-1.1.0.1 (8 November 2013)

Add SunOS/x86_64 support

snappy-java-1.1.0 (17 October 2013)

Add Snappy framed format support (SnappyFramedInputStream, SnappyFramedOutputStream)
Add SunOS support
Dropped OpenBSD support
OSGi support

snappy-java-1.1.0-M4 (20 August 2013)

New JNI native code loading mechanism, which does not rely on native code injection.
Add OpenBSD support
Add Framed format support
Recovered 32-bit Mac support
Fixes several issues
Target to Java6 (Java5 will be no longer supported)
Add zero-copy compression, decompression and isValidCompressedData for LArray https://github.com/xerial/larray

snappy-java-1.1.0-M3 (28 March 2013)

Fix linux amd64 build (embed libstdc++)
Fixes #26

snappy-java-1.1.0-M1 (27 March 2013)

Upgrade to snappy-1.1.0
Add zero-copy compression (rawCompress, rawUncompress) that can be used with LArray https://github.com/xerial/larray
Drop 32-bit Mac support

snappy-java-1.0.5-M2 (27 September 2012)

Upgrade release for snappy-1.0.5

snappy-java-1.0.4.1 (5 September 2011)

Fixes issue 33: Fixes a problem when reading incomplete input stream

snappy-java-1.0.4 (September 22nd, 2011)

Upgrade to snappy-1.0.4
Enhanced the Javadoc

snappy-java-1.0.3.3 (September 10th, 2011)

Add support for Oracle JRockit JVM. (issue 28)

snappy-java-1.0.3.2 (August 23rd, 2011)

Upgrade from the previous release is optional
Add system properites to switch sytem installed native library or bundled library (issue 20, issue 26)
source code tar ball (issue 25)
primitive array read/write support (issue 24)

snappy-java-1.0.3.1 (August 2nd, 2011)

Maintenance release (no significant change)
Refactoring code
Rebuild win32 binary

snappy-java-1.0.3 (July 11st, 2011)

Deprected SnappyException. Instead snappy-java uses IOException to issue errors. This change is necessary to support JNI code injection to a parent class loader.

snappy-java-1.0.3-rc4 (June 27th, 2011)

JNI interface injection so that multiple applications can share the native code. Issue 21

snappy-java-1.0.3-rc3 (June 21st, 2011)

Fixes issue 18, issue 19
Reduces memory footprint (contribution from Arec Wysoker)

snappy-java-1.0.3-rc2 (June 7th, 2011)

Fixes issue 17

snappy-java-1.0.3-rc1 (June 4th, 2011)

Upgrade to snappy-1.0.3 done.
libstdc++ embedding (only for Linux version) done.
Minor bug fixes

snappy-java-1.0.1-rc4 (April 11th, 2011)

Primitive array support (e.g. int[], float[], etc.) issue 10
String compression/decompression

snappy-java-1.0.1-rc3 (April 4th, 2011)

Running tests under win32/mac32, etc.

snappy-java-1.0.1-rc2 (April 2nd, 2011)

Adding SnappyOutputStream SnappyInputStream issue 3
March 29th. Started snappy-java project