Author: ebourg
Date: Fri Apr 25 22:41:32 2014
New Revision: 1590178
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1590178
Log:
Release notes for BCEL 6.0
Modified:
commons/proper/bcel/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
Modified: commons/proper/bcel/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/bcel/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt?rev=1590178&r1=1590177&r2=1590178&view=diff
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--- commons/proper/bcel/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt (original)
+++ commons/proper/bcel/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt Fri Apr 25 22:41:32 2014
@@ -1,43 +1,112 @@
-BCEL 5.3 RELEASE NOTES
-=====================
+ Apache Commons BCEL 6.0 RELEASE NOTES
+
+The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of BCEL 6.0!
+
+The Byte Code Engineering Library (BCEL) is intended to give users a convenient
+way to analyze, create, and manipulate compiled .class files. Classes are
+represented by objects containing all the symbolic information of the given
+class: methods, fields and byte code instructions.
+
+BCEL 6.0 is a major release supporting the new features introduced in Java 6, 7
+and 8. It requires Java 5 or higher to run.
Compatibility with 5.2
----------------------
+
Binary compatible - Yes
-Source compatible - Yes
+Source compatible - Yes, except for org.apache.bcel.classfile.Visitor (see
below)
Semantic compatible - Yes
+The org.apache.bcel.classfile.Visitor interface has been enhanced with
+additional methods. If you implemented it directly instead of extending
+the EmptyVisitor class you'll have to implement the new methods.
-Deprecations from 5.2
+
+Enhancements from 5.2
---------------------
-public org.apache.bcel.util.ClassVector implements java.io.Serializable
+[BCEL-76] Add parent type processing for ClassPath class.
+[BCEL-83] Add support for getResource and getResourceAsStream to ClassPath
+[BCEL-92] Properly parse StackMapTable attributes in Java 6 classfiles
+[BCEL-104] Javadoc overhaul
+[BCEL-119] BCEL is unnecessarily slow
+[BCEL-157] Add support for INVOKEDYNAMIC and MethodHandles
+[BCEL-160] Why using unstable sort at MethodGen.getLocalVariables() ?
+[BCEL-163] Incorporate patch file from Findbugs
+[BCEL-175] Implement the MethodParameters attribute
Bug fixes from 5.2
------------------
-BCEL-53 - Examples with enum breaks Gump (JDK1.5)
-
-
-Enhancements from 5.2
----------------------
-
-BCEL-55 - Wrap JavaClass repository class (map values) with
SoftReferences
-BCEL-163 - Incorporate patch file from Findbugs
+[BCEL-28] Mistake in "Peephole optimizer" example at
http://commons.apache.org/bcel/manual.html
+[BCEL-74] BCEL cannot be used as java.system.class.loader
+[BCEL-77] XSLT transforms broken in Turkish Locale.
+[BCEL-79] java.lang.ClassFormatError: LVTT entry for 'local' in class file
org/shiftone/jrat/test/dummy/CrashTestDummy does not match any LVT entry
+[BCEL-81] ClassParser.parse() throws NullPointerException if class does not
exist and ClassParser(String) constructor is used
+[BCEL-85] ArrayOutOfBoundsException in InstructionFinder
+[BCEL-87] Website: Incorrect URL for source; version 5.2 is not in the bug
page
+[BCEL-88] bcelified method doesn't pass verification
+[BCEL-89] return type not verified by JustIce
+[BCEL-94] @since tag incorrect for Annotation classes in BCEL trunk
+[BCEL-95] InstructionFactory missing % operator for Float, Double
+[BCEL-96] Fields in Annotations and AnnotationEntry are inaccessible to
subclasses
+[BCEL-97] Add support for getResources to ClassPath
+[BCEL-98] Two source files in repository are empty
+[BCEL-99] Maven POM file calls in apache regex but code does not use it
+[BCEL-100] ClassParser throws unintelligible Exception
+[BCEL-101] verifier raises ....AssertionViolatedException when done against
Java5 files with generics/annotations
+[BCEL-102] Verifier fails in pass 2 with "Number of LocalVariableTable
attributes of Code attribute" on static methods.
+[BCEL-107] ParameterAnnotationEntries are read not dumped
+[BCEL-108] RuntimeVisible Annotations duplicated
+[BCEL-112] ARRAYLENGTH incorrectly not StackConsumer
+[BCEL-114] Error in method search() defined in
org.apache.bcel.util.InstructionFinder
+[BCEL-115] Deleting all instructions of a list shows wrong behaviour
+[BCEL-120] Make BCEL JAR OSGi compatible
+[BCEL-122] ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException thrown from TABLESWITCH.initFromFile
+[BCEL-124] tableswitch/lookupswitch invalid alignment of 4-byte operands
+[BCEL-125] Incorrect size calculation in InstructionFinder
+[BCEL-130] Class files containing "ParameterAnnotations" are dumped incorrectly
+[BCEL-131] Class files containing "StackMapTable" attributes (on method code)
are dumped incorrectly
+[BCEL-132] org.apache.bcel.classfile.ClassParser: NullPointerException caused
by fileopen failed
+[BCEL-133] org.apache.bcel.classfile.ClassParser: NullPointerException caused
by invalid filename
+[BCEL-134] ExecutionVisitor doesn't support Class constant type for LDC and
LDC_W
+[BCEL-135] BCELifier issue: BCELFactory fails to handle float and long
constants
+[BCEL-137] "Invalid method signature: TT;" when using MethodGen for a method
having a generic parameter
+[BCEL-138] FieldInstruction.getFieldSize() doesn't decode Type.getTypeSize()
output
+[BCEL-140] org.apache.bcel.generic.Instruction.equals(Object) does not follow
Object.equals(Object) rules
+[BCEL-141] Select instructions should implement StackConsumer instead of
StackProducer
+[BCEL-143] Fix CPL License issues with EnclosingMethod.java and
LocalVariableTypeTable.java
+[BCEL-145] Type.getReturnTypeSize() doesn't decode Type.getTypeSize() output
+[BCEL-146] SyntheticRepository.loadClass() fails to close the inputStream
+[BCEL-148] BCELifier produces incorrect code for methods containing loads of
class literals from constant pool
+[BCEL-151] Code attribute size not updated
+[BCEL-152] Incorrect link for Jasmin assembler language
+[BCEL-153] Examples not present in source or binary downloads
+[BCEL-154] ClassParser.parse() generates NPE if it cannot open the file
+[BCEL-155] InstConstraintVisitor does not handle class constants
+[BCEL-156] Pass3bVerifier crashes on empty methods
+[BCEL-159] LocalVariableGen.getLocalVariable() computes incorrect length
+[BCEL-164] Method does not have a method to access parameter annotations
+[BCEL-167] ClassPath.getResource does not correctly perform URL escaping
+[BCEL-173] ClassParser fails to parse JDK classes in Java 8:
ClassFormatException: Invalid byte tag in constant pool
+[BCEL-174] Verification of interfaces with default methods fails with Java 8
Feedback
--------
+
Open source works best when you give feedback:
-http://commons.apache.org/bcel
+
+ http://commons.apache.org/bcel
Please direct all bug reports to JIRA:
-https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL
+
+ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL
Or subscribe to the commons-user mailing list
-The BCEL Team
+The Apache Commons Team
