Version 2.1 of the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit provides enhanced capabilities and improved performance for both SOM and DSOM. In addition, the Toolkit now includes support for DirectToSOM (DTS) C++ compilers. New metaclasses in the Metaclass Framework allow class implementors to define classes that automatically possess certain convenience facilities. Also, TCP/IP support is available for Windows users, and OS/2 users can choose 32-bit TCP/IP.
In particular, SOMobjects Version 2.1 offers the following additions over Version 2.0: