[vbox-dev] SOAP API differences between 3.2.8 and 3.2.10

[Achim Hasenmüller]

On Oct 12, 2010, at 03:28 , Joseph Smith wrote:

> In trying to determine changes in the webservice APIs (SOAP) between 3.2.8 and 3.2.10, it seems the only difference is the addition of a new enum HWVirtExPropertyType -- "HWVirtExPropertyType_Force = 6".
> 
> Are there other changes that I am missing?  The way I tried to identify the difference was by doing a diff between the VirtualBox.xidl files of both versions.  Outside some other formatting and text differences, it seems this new HWVirtEx is the only notable change.
> 

Correct. The policy for maintenance releases (only last digit changes) is to never make incompatible API changes. An additional enum value preserves binary compatibility.

Your approach of diffing VirtualBox.xidl is correct.

Achim

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