AspectWerkz 0.8 is released

Hi.

Today me and Alex released the 0.8 version of AspectWerkz.

This new release have been tested and verified to work for servlets and 
all types of EJBs under WebLogic Server 7 and 8.1 using both online and 
offline mode.

JMangler has been thrown out for a completely new and customized 
solution that apart from solving some of the shortcomings and bugs in 
JMangler also provides completely new and interesting possibilities. 
Here are the options currently supported for online mode:

     * HotSwap
       A first JVM launchs your target application in a second JVM. The 
first JVM hooks AspectWerkz in the second one just before the main class 
(and all dependencies) gets loaded, and then connects to the stdout / 
stderr / stdin stream ot the second JVM to make them appear as usual 
thru the first JVM.
     * Transparent bootclasspath
       For JVM or java version like 1.3 which don't support class 
replacement at runtime (HotSwap), this option allows for same mechanism 
by putting an enhanced class loader in the target application VM 
bootclasspath.
     * Native HotSwap
       A native C JVM extension running in the target application VM 
handles the replacement of the class loader by the enhanced one.
     * Remote HotSwap
       The application VM is launched suspended. The replacement of the 
enhanced class loader is done thru a separate manual process, which can 
easily be scripted.
     * Prepared bootclasspath
       The enhanced class loader is builded and packaged as a jar file 
in a first separate manual process, which can easily be scripted. The 
application VM is launched with options to use this enhanced class loader.
     * Auto detection of java 1.3 and java 1.4

Some of the other new features are:

     * JDK 1.3 compatibility.
     * Runtime attributes -> XML compiler (no more metaData dir and 
meta-data compilers needed, one aspectwerkz.xml per application).
     * Offline compiler refactored. Now support rollback on error facility.
     * Released under a BSD-style license.
     * Non-reentrancy option for join points.
     * Definition validator.
     * Documentation updated and reorganized.

The new release can be downloaded from here 
[http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org/releases.html]

A more detailed paper describing the new online architecture can be 
downloaded from here [http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org/downloads/].

Enjoy.

-- 
Jonas
http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/jboner/index.html