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          Apache Commons BCEL
          Version 6.8.1
          RELEASE NOTES

INTRODUCTION:

The Apache Commons BCEL team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons BCEL 6.8.1.

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.

Maintenance and bug fix release.

FIXED BUGS:

o Replace internal use of StringBuffer with StringBuilder. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o BCEL-370: CONSTANT_Dynamic is not handled in LDC #254. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o BCELComparator now uses generics. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Avoid NullPointerException in ClassGen.BCELComparator#equals() and ClassGen.BCELComparator#hashCode(). Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Avoid NullPointerException in Constant.BCELComparator#equals() and Constant.BCELComparator#hashCode(). Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Avoid NullPointerException in Field.BCELComparator#equals() and Field.BCELComparator#hashCode(). Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Avoid NullPointerException in FieldGen.BCELComparator#equals() and FieldGen.BCELComparator#hashCode(). Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Avoid NullPointerException in JavaClass.BCELComparator#equals() and JavaClass.BCELComparator#hashCode(). Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Avoid NullPointerException in Method.BCELComparator#equals() and Method.BCELComparator#hashCode(). Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Avoid NullPointerException in MethodGen.BCELComparator#equals() and MethodGen.BCELComparator#hashCode(). Thanks to Gary Gregory.

CHANGES:

o Bump GitHub various actions for CI builds. Thanks to Dependabot. o Bump jna.version from 5.13.0 to 5.14.0 #250. Thanks to Dependabot. o Bump org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib from 1.9.21 to 1.9.22 #252. Thanks to Dependabot. o Bump org.apache.commons:commons-exec from 1.3 to 1.4.0 #255. Thanks to Dependabot.

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 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!

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