Byte Buddy 1.12.12

• Use correct annotation in Byte Buddy Gradle plugin.
• Correctly resolve generified anonymous/local types that are declared within a method.

Byte Buddy 1.12.11

• Remove use of thread-local to guarantee Loom compatibility.
• Allow usage of byte-buddy-parent as BOM for imports.
• Add convenience for Maven to disable type validation on entry point.
• Allow Gradle plugin to consume pluginName property and discoverySet to only load plugins in the plugin class loader.

Byte Buddy 1.12.10

• Correctly resolve temporary folder, if custom folder is set, on Linux during emulated attach.
• Attempt guessing if Graal automatic configuration agent for native image is run.
• Avoid hard-coded dependencies to classes of java.management module.
• Do not include OSGi info in Byte Buddy source module.

Byte Buddy 1.12.9

• Add support for Java 19.
• Add basic support for Graal native image.
• Add option for strongly referenced cache keys.
• Reduce access requirements for fields from Advice.

Byte Buddy 1.12.8

• Make Step type in MemberSubstitution public as intended.
• Add factory that uses ArrayDeque instead of LinkedList if the used JVM supports it (Java 6+).
• Fix resolution of internal names for arrays in TypeReferenceAdjustment.

Byte Buddy 1.12.7

• Adjust warm-up API to return warmed-up byte code.
• Check release property in Byte Buddy Maven plugin.
• Propagate exception from Byte Buddy's class file transformer to improve wrapping behavior.
• Avoid loading of ElementType when checking compatibility as the current VM might not provide all constants.
• Allow for disabling stack adjustment as it might not always be possible.
• Make stack adjustment more robust when goto targets contain stack values.

Byte Buddy 1.12.6

• Mark argument for equals method as @MaybeNull.
• Mark argument for ElementMatcher as @UnknownNull.

Byte Buddy 1.12.5

• Add alias annotations to avoid compilation warnings for optional findbugs dependency.
• Adjust HashCodeEqualsPlugin to allow for inclusion of custom annotation type on equals method parameter.

Byte Buddy 1.12.4

• Make paths in Gradle plugin relative and therewith cachable.
• Add explicit check for empty or non-existent source folder to Maven and Gradle plugins.
• Add support for modules when accessing system class loader for Nexus or Installer.
• Add nullability annotations to all type members which are nullable and declare non-nullability the default.

Byte Buddy 1.12.3

• Move configuration for Java version to extension and avoid implicit configuration during task execution to allow for using a configuration cache.
• Make fail last the alternative to fail fast instead of not failing the build. Enable fail fast by default in the Gradle plugin.
• Use instrumented type in MemberSubstitution to include newly added properties in its description.