YourKit Java Profiler 8.0 Released

YourKit team is glad to announce immediate availability of YourKit Java Profiler 8.0 released on February 13, 2009.

It can be downloaded at http://www.yourkit.com/download/

MOST NOTABLE CHANGES AND NEW FEATURES IN 8.0:
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MEMORY PROFILING:

• Snapshot index file accelerates snapshot opening, which makes the subsequent snapshot loadings much faster, as well as allows opening big snapshots on 32-bit workstations by using index file pre-created on powerful 64-bit machine
• Class loaders view shows objects grouped by class loader; this view can help solving issues such as leaked loaders
• In Class list, retained size estimation for each class is shown immediately on opening the view
• Allocation telemetry: ability to profile object allocation without capturing a memory snapshot
• Non-serializable objects referenced from serializable objects inspection
• Option to transfer memory snapshot of remote application via compressed data stream
• Special handling of byte[] and char[] in UI

CPU PROFILING:

• Callees list
• "Own time" column in call tree
• "Average time" column in call tree

TELEMETRY:

• Exception telemetry
• Thread state telemetry
• Telemetry graphs are now scalable
• Ability to change the telemetry buffer capacity

J2EE:

• "Generic server" option helps integrating with servers not explicitly supported by J2EE server integration wizard
• J2EE server integration resolves many problematic cases of e.g. edited/modified scripts which prevented successful integration in previous versions

IDE INTEGRATION:

• NetBeans 6.5 supported
• JDeveloper 11g supported

USER INTERFACE:

• Table column visibility is now configurable
• Overall usability improvements

LICENSING:

• The profiler agent and controller are are freely redistributable under BSD license

MISCELLANEOUS:

• FreeBSD supported
• Command line tool to control profiling without using the profiler UI; in some cases it can be used instead of the profiler API
• Automatic deobfuscation: yGuard and ProGuard supported; RetroGuard support improved
• Overall stability and performance improvements

See complete list of changes at http://www.yourkit.com/changes/

SPECIAL OFFER ONLY UNTIL MARCH 13, 2009:
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New YourKit Java Profiler licenses can be purchased with 4% discount off the list price. To take advantage of this special offer use YJP80 discount coupon. It's valid only until March 13, 2008.