[External] : Re: How to open a package from a module in the boot layer to a module in another layer?

[Andrew Dinn]

On 15/01/2025 09:37, Code Ranger wrote:
> Andrew, thank you for you this example. From https://github.com/ 
> bytemanproject/byteman (if this is the project you are talking about):
> 
> Byteman supports injection of side effects into Java programs for the 
> purpose of *tracing *and *testing* application behaviour.

It is mostly used at test time. However, it is quite often used for live 
monitoring of production deployments and, in rare cases, it is resorted 
to for debugging performance or functional issues when they arise in 
such deployments.

> No, I am sure, using agents to add open/export to a module from the boot 
> layer can hardly be called an optimal and elegant solution.

Well, we all have our own standards of elegance and also of what risks 
we are willing to take . . .

> Therefore, I decided to abandon their use. The topic is closed. --add-* 
> forever.

Like I said . . . ;-)

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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