JavaRebel Stable Changelog

1.1.4 (15th August 2008)

• Fixed regression in accessing super methods
• Fixed broken setPrimitive() method behavior in java.lang.reflect.Field
• Fixed “native” methods causing a ClassFormatError
• Fixed a error occurring when super classes have a static and non-static field with the same name.
• Added support for time-limited licenses

1.1.3 (12th August 2008)

• Fixed wrong modifiers returned by Method.getModifier() causing problems with AspectJ (http://www.zeroturnaround.com/forum/topic.php?id=91)
• Fixed update notifier choking when update.zeroturnaround.com is unavailable, forbidden or replaced.

1.1.2 (23rd July 2008)

• Fixed a race condition in core logics that could manifest as a NPE.
• Fixed method modifiers not being updated in reflection (http://www.zeroturnaround.com/forum/topic.php?id=73).
• Fixed an NPE when getting updated method data via reflection.
• Fixed CgLib proxies throwing exceptions on initialization. To enable CgLib proxy bypass “-Drebel.allow_bytecode_proxy=true” should be now added to the JVM command line.
• Improved reflection correctness and performance.
• Backported full support for Equinox OSGi/Eclipse plugins.

1.1.1 (26th May 2008)

• Fixed package visibility constructors sometimes causing a NullPointerException (http://www.zeroturnaround.com/forum/topic.php?id=63).
• Fixed a NullPointerException sometimes occuring on class reload (http://www.zeroturnaround.com/forum/topic.php?id=78).
• Fixed an IllegalAccessException occuring when calling a super protected method via reflection (http://www.zeroturnaround.com/forum/topic.php?id=65).
• Fixed Class.getMethods() not returning methods for indirectly implemented interfaces when JavaRebel was enabled.
• Fixed changes to method return type or field type not propagating to reflection (http://www.zeroturnaround.com/forum/topic.php?id=68).
• Fixed site licenses being displayed as personal licenses.
• Improved compatibility with proxies when “-Drebel.forbid_bypass=true” is enabled.
• Added an experimental hook for receiving class loading notification to the SDK. To enable it add “-Drebel.class_load_notify=true” to the command line.
• Added support for licenses that work only on Scala classes.

1.1 (30th April 2008)

• Changed -Drebel.dirs semantics to always override classes in classpath.
• Added some helpful messages connected to -Drebel.dirs and Java 1.4 bootstrap generation
• Fixed Eclipse integration

1.1-RC2 (28th April 2008)

• Fixed a problem with synthetic attributes messing up with some frameworks. Mainly manifested as NPE when using Spring AspectJ support.

1.1-RC1 (16th April 2008)

• Full support for Java 1.4. Now all of the features available in Java 5 are also available in Java 1.4. The installation is also now simpler and supports more containers. See installation for details.
• Fixed: If you added a primitive non-static uninitialized field to a class JavaRebel would throw a NullPointerException.

1.1-M3a (14th April 2008)

• Hotfix for the Java 1.4 support

1.1-M3 (9th April 2008)

• JavaRebel now supports unexploded deployment (e.g. WAR, JAR or EAR) by specifying the paths that .class files are compiled to by the IDE (or command line) using the property -Drebel.dirs=/path/to/classes1,/path/to/classes2,...
• JavaRebel now supports reloading changes made to classes in JAR files, for that you need to specify “JavaRebel-Reloadable: true” in MANIFEST.MF or name the JAR file ending with a “-reloadable.jar” suffix.
• Improved logging, now all information on where the class is loading from goes to plaintext log (-Drebel.log=true).
• Added performance statistics logging that goes to plaintext log (-Drebel.log.perf=true).
• Fixed a problem with Hibernate JPA implementation caused by Synthetic attribute
• Fixed a problem with AbstractMethodError __rebel_bypass__()
• Code base refactored to prepare for SDK expansion in 1.1-M4

1.1-M2 (10th March 2008)

• Enhanced support for dynamic proxies (JDK, CGLib, Javassist)
• Improved support for missing dependencies
• Improved classloading behaviour
• Support for stepping through generated methods in debugger (all generated methods marked “synthetic”)
• JavaRebel log is no longer encrypted (use -Drebel.log=true to enable it)
• JavaRebel will now flush all JavaBean Introspector caches when a class changes
• Improved error reporting
• Fixed static methods showing up with suffix “__RS__” in reflection
• The development of Spring Framework with JavaRebel tested

1.1 M1b (20th February 2008)

• Fixed a JavaRebel failure on a virtual and static method with same names and similar parameters.

1.1 M1a (4th February 2008)

• SDK implementation classes are no longer obfuscated.

1.1 M1 (29th January 2007)

• Improved reflection support. Now added/removed methods and fields in the reloaded classes will always be reflected correctly in the Java Reflection API. At the moment this does not include constructors.
• Annotation reloading Annotations on classes, methods and fields will be updated when the class is reloaded. At the moment this does not include annotations on constructors and method parameters.
• JavaRebel SDK For integrating custom frameworks with JavaRebel and getting the next step in turnaround time check out the SDK at our Google Code project.

  See mature changelog.