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Release 5.1.3 (2008-04-29)

New features:

Support for Mac OS X Java 6 DP9
Support for Netbeans 6.1

Bugs fixed:

HPROF dialogs were not correctly sized so that the OK button was sometimes clipped
Fixed problems with Netbeans integration
JProfiler MBean was garbage collected under certain circumstances

Release 5.1.2 (2008-01-17)

Bugs fixed:

The fix for "Instrumentation of some native methods" in 5.1.1 lead to other VerifyErrors that are fixed in this release.
Heap walker, reference view: the "tree of outgoing references" view mode did not show any data if strings with certain characters were among the outgoing references.

Release 5.1.1 (2008-01-10)

New features:

Call graph: optional display of average times, configurable in the view settings

Bugs fixed:

NPE was thrown in JNDI interception if the parameters of a JNDI query were null
Recorded allocation counts for objects created in native code was wrong
HPROF options dialog was only displayed if the file name had an .hprof extension
Hot Spots view: deselecting "Show average values in brackets" in the view settings broke the table layout
Instrumentation of some native methods when profiling with Java 6+ produced a VerifyError
Monitor usage statistics included monitors from VM internal finalizer thread
Fixed race condition in the JProfiler GUI
Fixed some display problems if the JProfiler GUI was run with Java 1.4

Release 5.1 (2007-11-07)

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New features:

Tree views of incoming and outgoing references in the heap walker reference view
Cumulated references as a tree table in the heap walker reference view
Action to select all exclusively referenced objects in the heap walker reference view
Type resolution of object arrays in memory views and heap walker when profiling with Java 5+ (JVMTI)
Reworked internal source viewer with file structure display, syntax coloring and search
Bundled IDE integration for IDEA 7
IDE integration for eclipse 3.4 (M2)
IDE integration for Netbeans 6
Added option to remove unreferenced objects when loading HPROF snapshots
Added a fixed summary row at the bottom of the All Objects and Recorded Objects views
Added context menu in thread history view to switch to single threads in the call tree or hot spots view
Average time is now a separate sortable column in the CPU hot spots view
View and thread filters are now persistent on a per-session basis
The main toolbar can now display icons with text or small icons
External source viewer: source files which are contained in JAR files are now extracted to temporary files before the external viewer is invoked
Added "Show Source" and "Show Bytecode" actions to stack trace lists in the thread monitor view, the monitor views and the allocation spot description in heap walker
Added context menu in object comparison to create allocation call tree and allocation hot spot comparisons for the selected class
Session settings: if an executable JAR file is selected for profiling, the Class-Path manifest entry can be added to the class path automatically
The "node details" dialog in all tree dialogs is now non-modal
Added expansion popups in hot spot views
View filters in hot spots views now support all hot spot types. Previously, only methods were supported.
Selection step labels in the heap walker selection description are now hyperlinks to the first occurrence of the corresponding object set
Heap walker reference view: Added view source and view bytecode actions to the cumulated reference views
The "Record CPU data" and "Record allocation data" actions can now be invoked manually as well when there are triggers that start and stop recording
Integration wizard for install4j/exe4j projects
Integration wizard for BEA Weblogic 10
Integration wizard for JBoss 5
Integration wizard for Apache Geronimo 2
Integration wizard for Caucho Resin 3.1
API: added com.jprofiler.api.agent.interceptor.PayloadInfo.discardTime(). This can be called if no timing information is desired for an interceptor type.

Bugs fixed:

Clicking on Auto-Update in the status bar in the class tracker did not retrieve new data
Source viewer did not support secondary top-level classes with file scope
Numbers next to the bar in the hot spot view could be cut off
Table views in the heap walker did not have action for "Use selected objects"
java.lang.Class was not present in the package aggregation level of the heap walker
eclipse integration: source navigation to inner classes was broken
Disconnecting and reconnecting to a remote JVM when dynamic views were frozen lead to inconsistent state in the GUI
Fixed integer overflow in monitor usage statistics
Classes with varargs-style main method could not be profiled
Wrong units were used in the difference column of the object views when the primary measure was set to "shallow size"

Release 5.0.1 (2007-07-27)

Bugs fixed:

Data in call tracer and monitor history views was not saved to snapshots under some circumstances
Uninstaller did not work when JProfiler was running with Java 1.4
eclipse 3.1 integration: source navigation did not work for some project configurations
Netbeans integration: fixed several GUI problems
API samples did not work with floating licenses
HPROF snapshots with a file extension other than .hprof could not be loaded
Fixed a rare crash in the profiling agent
The entry for "calls to filtered classes" is no longer shown in the CPU hot spots view

Release 5.0 (2007-04-27)

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New features:

Powerful triggers and actions
Support for reading and writing HPROF memory snapshot files
VM telemetries overhaul with additional VM telemetries
Redesigned session settings
Call tracer view
eclipse integration: support for WTP launch configurations
JProfiler MBean for controlling the profiling agent
Native methods can be instrumented when profiling with Java 6+
Primitive data types can be captured by heap snapshots when using Java 6+
More flexible filter settings for method call recording
Custom profiling settings templates
Option to disable all filters when sampling is used
eclipse integration: support for eclipse 3.3M6
eclipse integration: support for equinox launch configurations
eclipse plugin is bundled as a feature
Improved JVM search in setup wizard and general settings dialog ("Search common locations")

Bugs fixed:

Expanded the number of allowed interceptors to 32768. Previously, only 255 interceptors were usable.

Release 4.3.2 (2007-02-16)

Bugs fixed:

Fixed problems with "Show source" action for IDE integrations
Improved wait thread state recognition for IBM VMs
Fixed java.util.concurrent recording issues
API: payload types for multiple interceptors of the same class were not unique
API: fixed rare custom interceptor instrumentation issues

Release 4.3.1 (2007-01-05)

New features:

Console and source viewer frames are excluded from modality when JProfiler runs with Java 6

Bugs fixed:

Webstart profiling did not work with Java 6 JRE
Fixed z-order issues in JProfiler GUI with Java 6
Library version mismatch detection was broken
NPE for call tree comparisons with filtered call nodes
Call tree comparisons with annotated JDBC/JMS/JNDI measurements were broken
Fixed rare deadlock on Mac OS X

Release 4.3 (2006-12-12)

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New features:

Profiling platform with API for writing custom profilers and snapshot analyzers
Interceptor API for injecting measurements, adding payload to the call tree and creating new hot spot types
EJB 3 support
Class tracker view
Bundled IDE integration for IDEA 6.0
IDE integration for Netbeans 5.5
IDE integration for eclipse 3.3 M3
Thread name changes are now tracked and updated in the JProfiler GUI
Action for highlighting the shortest path to the main node in the reference graph of the heap walker
Action to use the selected java.lang.Class objects in the Classes view of the heap walker
Option for CPU hot spot comparison to compare total call time or average call time
Layouters for the Call Graph view
IDEA integration: support for changing the JProfiler executable
Netbeans integration: support for profiling external Sun Java System Application Servers
Netbeans integration: snapshot comparisons are now accessible
Netbeans integration: several smaller bug fixes and enhancements
BEA Weblogic 9.2 integration wizard
Sun Java System Application Server 9 integration wizard
Glassfish Application Server V1 and V2 integration wizards
IBM Websphere 6.1 integration wizard
Apache Geronimo integration wizard
Tomcat 6.x integration wizard
Backup config files in the Sun Java System Application Server and IBM Websphere integration wizards

Bugs fixed:

A StackOverflowError occurred if agent.jar was not in not on the boot classpath, now a NoClassDefFoundError is thrown
Integer overflow could occur for garbage collected class instance counts in very large heaps
Server in the profiling agent was not robust enough, now it is possible to reconnect if the connection was broken due to a network error
Fixed race condition when profiling with the IBM JVM
java.util.concurrent support in the Threads section did not work with Java 1.6
Fixed a rare race condition that could lead to a crash at startup
Console window was not removed from the window list when closed with the X button
Live instance reference in the reference graph of the heap walker could be missing when not using the full GC option
Hotspots could be missing in the CPU hot spot comparison if the hot spot was below the internal threshold in one of the snapshots
Differencing in package aggregation level was broken
"Hide calls" checkbox in call graph view settings was not persistent
Method node selection dialog in call graph displayed wrong time unit
Cross-platform console did not support overwriting current line with \r
stack trace lists in threads section rendered J2EE components and URLs with internal class names
thread name selector threw exception when entering some special characters

Release 4.2.2 (2006-09-25)

Bugs fixed:

eclipse integration: environment variable modifications were not correctly handled by the JProfiler plugin
Snapshot comparisons: could not compare arrays in allocation tree and allocation hot spot comparison
Session ID was not re-generated when copying a session
Loading snapshots with 100,000s of threads could be very slow
Workaround for corrupted snapshots
Export ant task did not work with some JVMs
Command line export: no default liveness type for allocation views
Command line export: an exception was printed when exporting from a snapshot containing a heap snapshot

Release 4.2.1 (2006-04-21)

Bugs fixed:

Fixed wrong percentage values for very large total times in the hot spots view
IDE integrations did not work on Solaris x86, HP-UX and AIX
Library version mismatch detection was broken
All objects view and recorded objects view: wrong column headers for snapshots where shallow size was selected as the primary measure
All objects view and recorded objects view: wrong columns for class nodes in the package aggregation level when shallow size was selected as the primary measure
command line export of allocation tree and hotspots: liveness type was ignored if no class or package selection was specified

Release 4.2 (2006-04-21)

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New features:

Support for AIX (AIX 5.2/5.3 on PPC)
Support for HP-UX (HP-UX 11i on PA_RISC)
Support for Intel Macs
Facility for comparing saved snapshots
Command line export (and ant task) for saved snapshots
Command line comparison (and ant task) for saved snapshots
Class nodes in the reference graph of the heap walker
Support for finding classloader-related memory leaks
IDE integration for JDeveloper 10.1.3
IDE integration for IBM RAD 6.x
Thread monitor view: display creating thread as well as creation stack trace (JVMTI only)
Monitor usage history view: display owner thread and its stack trace for blocking events (JVMTI only)
Deadlock detection and monitor usage for the java.util.concurrent package
Preserve context when switching aggregation level or thread status in any call tree view
Option in the file chooser to export entire call trees rather than just the open nodes
Option to open exported files is now in the file chooser and remembered separately for each export format
Time and size display is now configurable in the view settings of all relevant views
Support for BEA Weblogic 9.1
New profiling setting to optionally show system threads
Optionally include weak references when searching for path to GC roots in the reference graph of the heap walker
Instant feedback in the status line when moving the mouse over edges in the reference graph and the call graph
Deadlock detection graph: show possible deadlocks if a thread holding a contended monitor is waiting to be notified

Bugs fixed:

Changed default sort mode in the "all objects" and "recorded objects" view to the more intuitive normal ordering
Incomplete instrumentation when switching off the java core classes for dynamic instrumentation
Thread history view sometimes had parts of threads missing when viewing offline snapshots
Windows look and feel fixes
Fixed faulty z-ordering of some JProfiler windows on KDE
Rare deadlock when switching to the VM telemetry views
Profiling settings were not easily accessible in the Netbeans integration
More robust snapshot format, fixed rare cases of corrupted snapshot files

Release 4.1.3 (2006-01-10)

New features:

Support for eclipse 3.2 M4
Support for Netbeans 5.0 beta 2
Locale-sensitive CSV separator char, can be overridden in bin/jprofiler.vmoptions

Bugs fixed:

"Show path to GC root" caused exception in Netbeans 5 integration
Time measurement type "estimated CPU times" didn't work correctly with JVMTI
Ant task for profiling didn't work in headless environments
Invoking "set root" multiple times did not work in call tree
Wrong sizes in the recorded objects view for special cases
Netbeans integration wizard did not work on Windows if user PATH variable did not exist
On reconnecting to a remote application, "profiling settings could not be set" was sometimes displayed

Release 4.1.2 (2005-11-03)

Bugs fixed:

Fixed instability when taking heap snapshots with JVMTI

Release 4.1.1 (2005-10-28)

Bugs fixed:

Problem with eclipse 3.1 integration

Release 4.1 (2005-10-19)

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New features:

Support for 64-bit JVMs: Windows/AMD64, Linux/AMD64, Solaris Sparc V9 and Solaris Sparc x64/AMD64
Support for Solaris on the x86/x64 architecture
Quick search in all tables and trees
Package aggregation level as a tree-table view with direct access to classes
IDEA 5 integration
Netbeans 5 integration
Filtering capabilities for monitor contention views
Ant integration
Redistributable agent: a new conversion wizard helps you distribute the profiling agent to your customer's machines
Automatic config file synchronization for remote profiling
Percentage threshold in call graph
Exclusive view filters
Selectable primary measure (instance count or shallow size) for all objects view and recorded objects view
Preliminary eclipse 3.2 integration (M2)
Allow zip and jar files in the source path
Export hot spots as CSV (in addition to XML)
Remove IDE integrations when JProfiler is uninstalled
Optionally display average value in call tree and hot spots
VM telemetry views: current values are displayed in the legend
Possibility to define an external source viewer in the general settings
New "View"-Menu (instead of the "Edit"-Menu) that is synchronized with the context menu, session settings are now under "Session"
More keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard are displayed in the toolbar tool-tips
Added inherent time to XML export of call trees
Integration between recorded object view and allocation views now also work for packages
High contrast color scheme for thread history view (can be activated in bin/jprofiler.vmoptions)
Possibility to reconnect if contact with the license server has been lost
Integration wizard for Coldfusion MX
Integration wizard for Sybase EAServer
Integration wizards for all BEA Weblogic start types

Bugs fixed:

Several features did not work correctly after reconnecting to a remote session
Thread status selector is now automatically switched to "All states" for JDBC, JMS and JNDI hot spots
Bookmarks set programmatically didn't work in interactive mode
Mac OS X: Apple-Q didn't quit profiled application
Do not fail if -Djava.library.path is defined manually
better recovery for invalid classes that should be instrumented
CSV export in the time view of the heap walker produced empty output
Time values are zero in CSV export of VM telemetry views
Heap walker: static variables could have wrong content when using JVMTI
Recording CPU data should did not reset custom root in call tree
Controller.startCPUProfiling in interactive mode was broken
JSP component detection did not work if URL splitting was disabled
eclipse 3.0 and 3.1 integration: profiling a JUnit Plugin Test did not work

Release 4.0.2 (2005-06-23)

Bugs fixed:

Fixed cumulated reference views for snapshot files recorded with JVMTI (new)
Workaround for Java2D crash in graph views
Fixed instrumentation problem with certain JSP pages
Fixed annotation display in call tree in frozen and snapshot mode
Improved robustness of snapshot saving in low memory situations

Release 4.0.1 (2005-06-14)

Bugs fixed:

Fixed a crash when setting view filters (new)
Fixed a crash in the agent library
Print warning if -Xincgc is enabled for JVMTI

Release 4.0 (2005-06-10)

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New features:

Measurement of JDBC, JMS and JNDI calls as annotations in the call tree
J2EE component detection for servlets, JSPs and EJBs
For servlets and JSPs, the call tree can be split for different request URLs
Separate hot spot calculation for JDBC, JMS and JNDI calls as well as URL invocations
Methods in the profiling API to register custom resolvers for JMS calls and URL invocations
Selectable aggregation level for most views: methods, classes, packages and J2EE components
Improved call tree views with enhanced visual feedback
"Exclusive deep size" calculation in the heap walker
Recording and display of object allocation times in the heap walker
New "Time" view in the heap walker that shows a time-resolved histogram of allocations
New sort modes in the references and data view of the heap walker for exclusive deep size and allocation time
Global bookmarks for all time-resolved graph views
Bookmarks for profiling events (starting and stopping of CPU and allocation recording)
Method in the API to programmatically set bookmarks
On-demand profiling: very small overhead if no CPU or allocation data is recorded
Profiling with hotspot compiler enabled by default for Java 1.4 and Java 1.5
New non-blocking startup mode of the profiled JVM for in-production profiling
Support for new profiling interface JVMTI in Java 1.5 and 1.6
New "All objects" view that works without recording allocations (JVMTI only)
Substantial reduction of memory consumption and performance improvements
Configurable timeout for long operations in the heap walker
Multiple selection in the cumulated reference views in the heap walker
New top-to-bottom hierarchical layout in the reference graph of the heap walker
Allocation call tree and allocation hot spot views have class-resolution by default
Option to not record primitive data in the heap walker (JVMPI only)
New action in the call graph to remove unconnected methods
Integration of the recorded objects view with the allocation views
Configurable threshold in the call tree view in percent
Action in the window menu to close unused console windows
Method in the API to save a snapshot when the JVM exits
Methods in the API to start and stop thread profiling as well as VM telemetry recording
Support for Netbeans 4.1, including free form projects and the bundled Sun Java System Application Server
Support for BEA Weblogic 9.0

Bugs fixed:

Major performance improvement for the thread history view
Integer overflow could lead to negative numbers in the hot spots view
Many bug fixes and smaller enhancements in the GUI
Many improvements and fixes for the GUI on Mac OS X
Fixed stability issues related to finalizers

Release 3.3.2 (2005-05-30)

Bugs fixed:

eclipse integration: support for eclipse 3.1 M7
eclipse integration: exception when profiling eclipse applications
eclipse integration: JRE selection for eclipse applications was not recognized correctly
exception when quickly opening nodes in the call tree

Release 3.3.1 (2005-03-22)

New features:

integration wizard for Websphere 6.0

Bugs fixed:

eclipse 3.x integration didn't work when default bootpath for JRE installation was switched off
view source in the eclipse 3.x integration did not work for multiple projects
improved number format for CSV export
copying rows in tables showed object references instead of numbers in some views
string display in the heap walker was sometimes incorrect
redraw problems in deadlock detection graph were fixed
fixed overflow in hotspot views that could lead to negative times and percentages
setup wizard dialog was too small on Mac OS X

Release 3.3 (2005-01-14)

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New features:

rewritten eclipse 3.x integration
rewritten IDEA 4.x integration
IDE integration for JDeveloper
IDE integration for Netbeans 4.0
considerably reduced memory consumption
improved long-term stability for profiling
heap walker: in the cumulated incoming reference view, reference holders as well as referenced objects can be displayed and selected
option to keep the profiled JVM alive
support for Java Web Start 1.5
CSV export for graphs
enhancements in XML export for trees
integration wizard for profiling servers in IBM WSAD
integration wizards for Pramati 3.5 and Pramati 4.x application server
integration wizard for Websphere 4.0 Advanced Edition
integration wizard for Sun Java System Web Server
integration wizard for Sun Java System Application Server
integration wizard for Oracle 10g Application server
integration wizard for Apple WebObjects Developer 5.x
snapshot files (*.jps) can be opened from the command line and from the Windows explorer
JBuilder IDE integration now supports JBuilder 2005
much better appearance of the JProfiler GUI with Windows native look and feel
JProfiler GUI now also runs under Java 1.5

Bugs fixed:

monitor statistics were broken
invalid class files caused a shutdown of the profiled application
many bug fixes in the GUI

Release 3.2 (2004-09-16)

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New features:

optional line number resolution in call trees and hotspot backtraces
export views to CSV data and XML
integration wizards now support profiling on remote computers
new wizards for converting local sessions to remote sessions and offline profiling sessions
option in hotspot views to add filtered classes to calling class
reference graph: instances have plus and minus icons for outgoing and incoming references. References can now be hidden.
method graph: methods have plus icons for incoming and outgoing calls. Methods can now be hidden by deleting them from the graph
possibility to search for arbitrary number of garbage collector roots in the reference view of the heap walker
possibility to view source files in the reference graph of the heap walker and the method graph
digit grouping for numbers in all views
separate cumulated and non-cumulated view modes for allocations view in the heap walker
library parameter for verbose mode to print out instrumented classes
on Windows, the -Xmx setting for JProfiler is now in the file jprofiler.exe.vmoptions

Bugs fixed:

resolved possible collision with zlib libraries of other products
Weblogic 8.1 SP3 start scripts were not recognized
resolved rare deadlock when starting up local sessions
rapid keyboard navigation in reference graph of the heap walker lead to an exception
snapshots saved with JProfiler 3.0 could not be read by JProfiler 3.1
IDE integrations did not work with some JREs
IntelliJ IDEA 4.x integration: working directory was not respected
reference graph: exception when Strings > 10k were displayed

Release 3.1.2 (2004-08-13)

Bugs fixed:

fixed stability problems with Windows XP Service Pack 2
dynamic instrumentation did not work with Apple 1.4.2 Update 1
application server integration wizard did not work on Mac OS X
the deep size calculation for object sets in the heap walker could produce wrong results

Release 3.1.1 (2004-08-06)

Bugs fixed:

fixed net I/O problems with IBM and classic JVMs

Release 3.1 (2004-07-30)

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New features:

new "net I/O" thread status in CPU and thread views
filtering controls for threads in the thread history view
selection of collection contents in the reference view of the heap walker
selection of multiple objects in the reference view of the heap walker
optional display of object IDs in the reference view of the heap walker
possibility to sort instances in the reference and data view of the heap walker by shallow and deep size
selection of multiple objects in the data view of the heap walker by flagging them
calculation of the deep size of object sets in the heap walker
expansion popups for long thread names in the thread history view
display of shallow and deep size for the current object in the reference view of the heap walker
big numbers are formatted with separators in tree views

Bugs fixed:

unreferenced objects were accessible in the reference graph of the heap walker even when unreferenced objects were removed for the heap snapshot
"show path to root" function in the reference graph of the heap walker could produce incorrect results
method graph: fixed inherent time calculation for recursive methods