0.8.5M3 Release Notes

Gotchas:

• Default VM target is now 1.5, when using JAsCo in 1.4, use the target flag for compiling JAsCo artifacts..
• Make sure to alter all your existing aspects and connectors since four keywords have changed for compliance with AspectJ’s terminology. See 0.8.5M1 release notes.
• Several features now require a Java 1.5 VM (refinable methods, run-time weaver), a clear error is shown when this is not the case

If you are updgrading from a version earlier then:

• 0.8.x: you have to redo the install procedure as outlined by the installation instructions. The classpath has changed.
• 0.7.4: the HotSwap 2 startup command is Modified for compliance with Java 1.5 final! See here for the new command.

Latest public build detailed information: Click here. See also for known limitations and bugs of current version.

This milestone introduces mainly internal technical improvements and bug fixes:

• The run-time weaving overhead has been decreased by 78%!
• Run-time optimizations for specialized JAsCo features like combination strategies and stateful aspects.
• Aspect factories (both predefined and custom) are optimized by the run-time weaver.
• fixed thisHook type bug in inline refinements in the connector
• ...

• For changes introduced in 0.8.5M3, see the release notes of that milestone.
• For changes introduced in 0.8.5M2, see the release notes of that milestone.
• For changes introduced in 0.8.5M1, see the release notes of that milestone.