Thursday 25 November 2021

Byteman 4.0.18 has been released

 

Byteman 4.0.18 is now available from the Byteman downloads page and from the Maven Central repository. It is the latest update release for use on all JDK9+ runtimes up to and including JDK18.

 
Byteman 4.0.18 is a maintenance release which provides one enhancement, enabling the choice of TARGET vs TRIGGER semantics when rules inject down class or interface hierarchies. For rules of this type it is possible that the TARGET class/interface for the rule, the one named in the CLASS clause, may differ from the TRIGGER class, the subclass or interface implementation into which the rule actually gets injected. An AS TARGET clause in the rule body requests that the rule is typed lexically using TARGET class as the type for $this/$0. An AS TRIGGER clause means it is typed dynamically using the TRIGGER class as the type for $this/$0. Note that up to now Byteman has always used TRIGGER semantics and will continue to use this as the default. More details are provided in the Release Notes and the latest Byteman Programmers Guide.

Friday 3 September 2021

Byteman 4.0.17 has been released

Byteman 4.0.17 is now available from the Byteman downloads page and from the Maven Central repository. It is the latest update release for use on all JDK9+ runtimes up to and including JDK17.

 
Byteman 4.0.17 is a maintenance release which provides a few small enhancements and fixes a minor bug. More details are provided in the Release Notes.

 

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Byteman 4.0.16 has been released

 Byteman 4.0.16 is now available from the Byteman downloads page and from the Maven Central repository. It is the latest update release for use on all JDK9+ runtimes up to and including JDK17.

 
Byteman 4.0.16 removes the JBoss Modules plugin from the release, in the process removing a dependency on the jboss-modules jar. The plugin has never been fully functional on JDK9+ releases. Anyone wishing to use the plugin as is should continue to use earlier releases. Alternatively, you can revert to using the Byteman 3.0.19 which runs on JDK8- releases and includes a fully working version of the plugin.

 

More details are provided in the Release Notes.

Monday 10 May 2021

Byteman 4.0.15 has been released

Byteman 4.0.15 is now available from the Byteman downloads page and from the Maven Central repository. It is the latest update release for use on all JDK9+ runtimes up to and including JDK17. It is also recommended as the preferred release for use on JDK8- runtimes.

Byteman 4.0.15 is a maintenance release which upgrades the versions of two components. More details are provided in the Release Notes.

Thursday 18 February 2021

Byteman 4.0.14 has been released

Byteman 4.0.14 is now available from the Byteman downloads page and from the Maven Central repository. It is the latest update release for use on all JDK9+ runtimes. It is also recommended as the preferred release for use on JDK8- runtimes.

Byteman 4.0.14 is a maintenance release which fixes a few minor issues. More details are provided in the Release Notes.