Byte Buddy 1.17.8

• Avoid use of types that are deprecated as of Java 26.
• Include ASM 9.9 that offers ASM support for Java 26.
• Make sure that generated code internal to Byte Buddy supports CDS if available.
• Update version of ASM to JDK Class File API bridge to fix some minor bugs related to type annotations.

Byte Buddy 1.17.7

• Specify correct JVM environment for Android builds when using the Gradle plugin.
• Avoid recomputing the size of a parameter list for performance reasons after measuring the significant impact.
• Correct validation of JVM names to avoid breaking when Java names are not allowed while JVM names are, with Kotlin and others.

Byte Buddy 1.17.6

• Add convenience wrapper for ResettableClassFileTransformer that implicitly delegates to correct transformer method.
• Add filter for deduplicate fields and methods in class file.
• Add missing static requirement of Spotbugs annotations to module descriptors.
• Add LazinessMode for TypePool and add convenience support to AgentBuilder.
• Fix source jars for multi-version release to contain duplicated source.

Byte Buddy 1.17.5

• Update ASM to version 9.8 to support Java 25 using ASM reader and writer.
• Include AnnotationRemoval visitor for removing or replacing annotations.

Byte Buddy 1.17.4

• Add SafeVarargs plugin.
• Fix OSGi declaration for byte-buddy-agent.

Byte Buddy 1.17.3

• Fix bug in ASM to Class File API bridge handling tableswitch instructions.
• Add plugin for adding SafeVarargs annotations.
• Further generify MemberSubstitution API.

Byte Buddy 1.17.2

• Update Class File API integration to include support for several omitted byte codes.
• Adjust attach API emulation for OpenJ9 to not create subfolder if temporary folder is set explicitly.

Byte Buddy 1.17.1

• Fix bug in MemberSubstitution were argument indices were resolved by one digit off.
• Update Class File API integration to avoid that parameter annotations are lost.

Byte Buddy 1.17.0

• Assure that implicit choice for class reader and class writer are always symmetric with regard to internal representation.
• Retrofit MemberSubstitution to also allow for intercepting invokedynamic instructions.
• Introduce @Handle annotations to allow for injecting constant pool-stored method handle in Advice, MemberSubstitution and MethodDelegation.
• Introduce @DynamicConstant annotations to allow for injecting constant pool-stored dynamic constants in Advice, MemberSubstitution and MethodDelegation.

Byte Buddy 1.16.1

• Correct reflective activation of Class File API.
• Reject array descriptors that are not well-formed in TypePool.