[ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache Commons BCEL Version 6.4.0

[Gary Gregory <gg...@apache.org>]

The Apache Commons BCEL team is pleased to announce the release of
Apache Commons BCEL 6.4.0!

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.

Feature and bug fix release.

NEW FEATURES:
=============

o BCEL-318: Add method org.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantUtf8.clearCache().
Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o BCEL-320: Add LruCacheClassPathRepository that can scan many JAR files
without OutOfMemoryError. Thanks to Tomo Suzuki, Gary Gregory.
o BCEL-322: Add constants to org.apache.bcel.Const for Java 14. Thanks to
Gary Gregory.
o BCEL-321: Refactor subclasses of ClassPathRepository for differences in
underlying cache. Thanks to Tomo Suzuki.

FIXED BUGS:
===========

o BCEL-316: org.apache.bcel.classfile.Attribute class and subclasses should
NOT log to the console by default. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o BCEL-278: InvokeInstruction.toString(final ConstantPool cp) throws
NoSuchElementException #11. Thanks to Valery Barysoky.
o BCEL-270: Calling toString(ConstantPool) on InvokeInstruction throws
NullPointerException. Thanks to Alexandru-Constantin Bledea.
o BCEL-323: org.apache.bcel.util.BCELifier to set major and minor versions.
Thanks to Tomo Suzuki.
o BCEL-326: Add missing Java 9 and Java 11 class file attributes. #33
Thanks to Mark Roberts.
o BCEL-325: ClassDumper crashes on a module-info.class. #33 Thanks to Mark
Roberts.
o BCEL-327: Update signature scanning in Utility to support TypeParameters.
#32 Thanks to Mark Roberts.

CHANGES:
========

o BCEL-317: Pluggable cache for ConstantUtf8. Thanks to Tomo Suzuki, Gary
Gregory.
o BCEL-299: Fix example src/examples/ClassDumper.java
ClassDumper.processID(). Thanks to Gary Gregory, zhangminglei.
o           Update tests from JNA 4.5.0 to 5.3.1. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Update tests from JNA 5.3.1. to 5.4.0. Thanks to Gary Gregory.


Historical list of changes:
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcelchanges-report.html

For complete information on Apache Commons BCEL, including instructions on
how to submit bug reports,
patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons BCEL
website:

https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcel

Download it from
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcel/download_bcel.cgi

Have fun!
-Apache Commons BCEL team