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[Andrew Dinn]

On 05/01/15 17:09, Alan Bateman wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the update. So I'm curious how this worked previously, was
> this Maven plugin using its own class loader to load types from tools.jar?

Well, . . . maven was using its own classloader to load types from
/whatever jars/ it found in the classpath.

So, to test an app with BMUnit you need to add both the byteman jars
/and/ the tools jar to the classpath. e.g. from maven with Linux/Windows
(but not Mac OSX) the latter requirement means you add this dependency:

  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
    <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
    <version>1.6</version>
    <scope>system</scope>
    <systemPath>${tools.jar}</systemPath>
  </dependency>

Of course, that fails if you are using JDK9. So, one of the changes
needed to build byteman-bmunit.jar with JDK9 is to add the dependency in
a profile conditional on the JDK version being in the range 1.6-1.8.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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