ObjectWeb ASM
| ASM | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Eric Bruneton |
| Developer | OW2 |
| Initial release | 2002; 23 years ago (2002) |
| Stable release | 9.7.1
/ October 6, 2024; 12 months ago (2024年10月06日) |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | bytecode Engineering Library |
| License | BSD License |
| Website | asm |
The ASM library is a project of the OW2 consortium. It provides a simple API for decomposing, modifying, and recomposing binary Java classes (i.e. bytecode). The project was originally conceived and developed by Eric Bruneton. ASM is Java-centric at present, and does not currently have a backend that exposes other bytecode implementations (such as .NET bytecode, Python bytecode, etc.).
The name "ASM" is not an acronym: it is just a reference to the asm keyword of C, which allows some functions to be implemented in assembly language.[1]
Uses
[edit ]ASM provides a simple library that exposes the internal aggregate components of a given Java class through its visitor oriented API. ASM also provides, on top of this visitor API, a tree API that represents classes as object constructs. Both APIs can be used for modifying the binary bytecode, as well as generating new bytecode (via injection of new code into the existing code, or through generation of new classes altogether.) The ASM library has been used in several diverse applications, such as:
- Performance and Profiling
- Instrumentation calls that capture performance metrics can be injected into Java class binaries to examine memory/coverage data. (For example, injecting instrumentation at entry/exit points.)
- Implementation of New Language Semantics
- For example, Groovy uses ASM to generate its bytecode. Also, Aspect-Oriented additions to the Java language have been implemented by using ASM to decompose class structures for point-cut identification, and then again when reconstituting the class by injecting aspect-related code back into the binary. (See: AspectWerkz)
Invokedynamic
[edit ]Since version 3.2, ASM has added support for the new invokedynamic code, which allows method invocation relying on dynamic type checking on the latest JDK 7 binaries, thus easing support for dynamically typed languages.[2] [3]
Release history
[edit ]This table presents only releases with significant steps in ObjectWeb ASM history, aside from versions that mainly fixed bugs and improved performance.[4]
| Release | Release Date | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 2005年05月17日 | Java 5 language support |
| 3.2 | 2009年06月11日 | support for the new invokedynamic code.[2]
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| 4.0 | 2011年10月29日 | Java 7 language support |
| 5.0 | 2014年03月16日 | Java 8 language support |
| 6.0 | 2017年09月23日 | Codebase migrated to Gitlab Java 9 language support |
| 6.1 | 2018年03月11日 | Java 10 language support |
| 7.0 | 2018年10月27日 | Java 11 language support |
| 7.1 | 2019年03月03日 | Java 13 language support |
| 8.0 | 2020年03月28日 | Java 14 language support |
| 9.0 | 2020年09月22日 | Java 16 language support |
| 9.1 | 2021年02月06日 | Java 17 language support |
| 9.2 | 2021年06月20日 | Java 18 language support |
| 9.3 | 2022年04月03日 | Java 19 language support, new Maven BOM |
See also
[edit ]- Byte Code Engineering Library
- Javassist
References
[edit ]- ^ Bruneton, Éric; Lenglet, Romain; Coupaye, Thierry (2002). "ASM: a code manipulation tool to implement adaptable systems". FranceTélécom R&D, DTL/ASR. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.117.5769 . Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Forax, Remi (2009年06月11日). "ASM now supports invokedynamic" . Retrieved 2009年11月14日.
- ^ "11 June 2009: ASM 3.2 (cvs-tag: ASM_3_2)". ObjectWeb. 2009年06月11日. Retrieved 2009年11月14日.
- ^ "Versions". ObjectWeb. Retrieved 2020年06月06日.
External links
[edit ]- Official website Edit this at Wikidata
- OW2 Home - The OW2 Consortium Home Page.
- AspectWerkz - The AspectWerkz Project Home Page. (One of the high-visibility projects that makes use of ASM.)
- Bytecode Visualizer - free Eclipse plugin for viewing and debugging Java bytecode which makes use of ASM library