Again, great work, folks! 😊 On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 9:18 PM Alexander Kriegisch via aspectj-users < aspectj-users@eclipse.org> wrote:
> Dear AspectJ users, > > we are pleased to announce the AspectJ bugfix release 1.9.21.1 supporting > Java 21. Please note that since 1.9.19, the minor-minor version indicates > the corresponding latest Java release (byte code version) supported by the > AspectJ compiler and weaver. I.e., 1.9.*21*.1 → Java *21*. > > - *For load-time weaving (LTW) on JDK 16+, using --add-opens is no > longer necessary!* The additional JVM command-line option was > necessary for LTW on JRE 16+ in all AspectJ versions up to 1.9.21. Since > AspectJ 1.9.21.1, the LTW agent uses an alternative approach for defining > new classes during weaving, which works without --add-opens - at least > for now, i.e. JDKs 8 to 21. There still is no canonical (as in "not hacky") > solution, because JDK-8200559 > <https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8200559> is still unresolved > since 2018. > - The *AspectJ documentation* is now written in *asciidoc* format and > processed by the Asciidoctor toolchain. Before, it was a mixture of DocBook > XML and plain HTML files. While the content has not changed much, it now > looks fresher, is easier to read (also online when browsing the GitHub > repository), navigate and maintain and also easy to publish in different > formats (multi-page HTML, single-page HTML, PDF). Those formats are also > distributed on the website and with the AspectJ installer. A content > overhaul is also overdue, but not part of this change. It is still > basically the same: Everything up to AspectJ 1.5 is in the regular > documentation. The changes since then can be extracted incrementally from > various release notes. > > Please note: > > - Since 1.9.21, the AspectJ compiler AJC (contained in the aspectjtools > library) no longer works on JDKs 11 to 16. *The minimum compile-time > requirement is now JDK 17* due to upstream changes in the Eclipse Java > Compiler (subset of JDT Core), which AspectJ is a fork of. You can still > compile to legacy target versions as low as Java 1.3 when compiling plain > Java code or using plain Java ITD constructs which do not require the > AspectJ runtime aspectjrt, but the compiler itself needs JDK 17+. Just > like in previous AspectJ versions, both the runtime aspectjrt and the > load-time weaver aspectjweaver still only require JRE 8+. > - History: Since 1.9.7, the AspectJ compiler AJC needed JDK 11+, > before then JDK 8+. > > Other resources: > > - For more detailed release information, please read the release notes > > <https://github.com/eclipse-aspectj/aspectj/blob/master/docs/release/README-1.9.21.adoc> > . > - The current artifacts (runtime, weaver, compiler, matcher) are > available on Maven Central. > - The AspectJ installer can be found on GitHub > <https://github.com/eclipse/org.aspectj/releases/tag/V1_9_21_1>. > - There is also an AJDT update site for Eclipse 4.30 (2023-12) > <https://download.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/430/dev/update>. > Unfortunately, updates sites for previous Eclipse versions , e.g. 4.26 > (2022-12) and 4.23 (2022-03) are no longer compatible with AspectJ 1.9.21, > because the latter dependes on upstream Eclipse changes. So if you want to > use ADJT builds with Eclipse IDE, you need to upgrade to 2023-12. > Otherwise, you can only use AspectJ 1.9.21 via Maven build, not via direct > IDE. On top of that, you also need an extra update site for Eclipse > 2023-12 itself > > <https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.31-I-builds/I20231201-1800/>. > The IDE guide > > <https://github.com/eclipse-aspectj/aspectj/blob/master/docs/developer/IDE.md#aspectj-development-tools-ajdt> > explains, why this is necessary. > - On GitHub, there also is a short guide describing options for setting > up a development environment > <https://github.com/eclipse/org.aspectj/blob/master/docs/developer/IDE.md> > . > - See here > > <https://dev-aspectj.github.io/aspectj-maven-plugin/usage.html#upgrading_or_downgrading_aspectj> > for more information about how to upgrade to the latest AspectJ version > when using dev.aspectj:aspectj-maven-plugin:1.14 > <https://github.com/dev-aspectj/aspectj-maven-plugin>. > > Enjoy AspectJ! > > The AspectJ team > _______________________________________________ > aspectj-users mailing list > aspectj-users@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users >
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