Version 1.7.1

This is a quick follow-up release to 1.7.0 that enables WALA to load standard library classes on JDK distributions that do not include .jmod files, like Temurin.

What's Changed

• Use JrtModule consistently to handle standard library on modern JDKs by @msridhar in #1879

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1

Version 1.7.0

Version bump to 1.7.0 since some public APIs have changed. Beyond the changes listed below, there were many improvements to code health and build configuration contributed by @liblit.

Main user-visible changes

• Update metadata by @khatchad in #1734
• Add NewSiteReference to toString() in AllocationSiteInNode by @khatchad in #1735
• Support JDK 26 by @msridhar in #1865
• Fixes to native bridge by @julian-certora in #1873

Full Changelog: v1.6.12...v1.7.0

Version 1.6.12

WALA now has initial support running on JDK 25 and processing JVM 25 bytecodes (#1673). Also, the WALA Java source code frontend has initial support for lambdas (#1507 by @juliandolby). And, @liblit contributed a huge number of cleanups and build-system improvements!

New Contributors

• @Obielicious made their first contribution in #1518

Full Changelog: v1.6.11...v1.6.12

Version 1.6.11

Other than a minor bug fix (#1516), few client-visible changes in this release. Many internal improvements by @liblit. The release process has been migrated to use the Maven Central Portal.

Full Changelog: v1.6.10...v1.6.11

Version 1.6.10

Apart from a couple of bug fixes, in this release WALA now supports running on JDK 24. As usual, there were various internal changes to maintain build infrastructure, etc.

What's Changed

• Fix a couple of bugs in parsing array type arguments in type signatures by @msridhar in #1477
• Further enhancements to parseForTypeSignatures by @msridhar in #1478
• enable tests for java onepointfive by @jkhaliqi in #1480
• Update to NullAway 0.12.4 by @msridhar in #1484
• Enable parallel configuration caching by @liblit in #1487
• Upgrade to Gradle 8.13 by @liblit in #1488
• Bump deps and version used for compiling Java by @msridhar in #1489
• refactor: remove getTestName from IRTests.java so tests do not rely on method name by @jkhaliqi in #1485
• Upgrade to Gradle 8.14 by @liblit in #1495
• Initialize Gradle dependency configurations lazily by @liblit in #1496
• Support JDK 24 by @msridhar in #1490
• Update Error Prone, EP Plugin, and NullAway by @msridhar in #1497
• Make parameterized test names deterministic by @liblit in #1498
• Correct assertEquals argument order by @liblit in #1499

New Contributors

• @jkhaliqi made their first contribution in #1480

Full Changelog: v1.6.9...v1.6.10

Version 1.6.9

The main user-facing change is that the CHACallGraph builder now supports lambdas (#1476).

Full Changelog: v1.6.8...v1.6.9

Version 1.6.8

Mostly internal / build-related / KTLO changes. The main user-visible bug fix is #1468

Full Changelog: v1.6.7...v1.6.8

Version 1.6.7

The major user-visible change is initial support for JDK 23 bytecodes.

Full Changelog: v1.6.6...v1.6.7

Version 1.6.6

What's Changed

• Support building and running on JDK 22 by @msridhar in #1419

Full Changelog: v1.6.5...v1.6.6

Version 1.6.5

Again this release has mostly behind-the-scenes changes. @MadhuNimmo contributed efficiency optimizations for bounded call graph construction for JavaScript and some improved models of JavaScript library functions.

Full Changelog: v1.6.4...v1.6.5