Changes in YourKit Java Profiler 9.5.6 from 9.5.5

• IDE integration: NetBeans 7.0 release supported

Changes in YourKit Java Profiler 9.5.5 from 9.5.4

• IDE integration: NetBeans 7.0 beta 2 supported
• Problem solved: snapshots of some JDK versions might not open due to incorrect object size information provided by the JVM
• Bug fixed: possible exception in Threads view on Mac OS X when navigating via keyboard

Changes in YourKit Java Profiler 9.5.4 from 9.5.3

• Automatic deobfuscation: Allatori supported
• Bug fixed: probes: possible deadlock in built-in probe Databases when using some database connection pools
• UI: improvement: if profiler cannot detect locally running profiled applications due to shared memory issues, troubleshooting instructions are shown
• Memory profiling: merged paths: new popup menu action "View Selection Dominators"

Changes in YourKit Java Profiler 9.5.3 from 9.5.2

• Probes: UI: improved browsing of long strings in Tables view and Timeline. Use tooltip to see such strings in full. Also, you can double click the cell to show the string value in a scrollable area with an ability to copy the text to clipboard.
• Probes: built-in probe Processes improved

• New feature: CPU sampling can be configured to use random sampling intervals, which, according to some researches, can improve quality of profiled results.

  By default, the sampler thread sleeps between samples for 20 ms (this default value can be changed with the help of startup option samplingperiod=<milliseconds>)

  To use random intervals <sampling period> + <random value between -N and N> specify startup option samplingdelta=<N>, where N is measured in milliseconds.

  Examples:
  samplingdelta=5 - the sampling interval will be distributed between 15 and 25 ms;
  samplingperiod=10,samplingdelta=3 - the sampling interval will be distributed between 7 and 13 ms
  

• IDE integration: Eclipse: run configurations provided by Google Plugin for Eclipse ("Web Application") are supported
• Memory profiling: bug fixed: an improper warning could be shown on attempt to open a big memory snapshot on 32-bit Windows, erroneously stating that Windows were 64-bit
• Memory profiling: bug fixed: possible exception applying "HashMap hash code distribution" inspection to memory snapshots of Java 5 and older applications (i.e. captured with YourKit Java Profiler 8.0.x or older)
• Bug fixed: possible verifier error loading classes compiled with Java 7

Changes in YourKit Java Profiler 9.5.2 from 9.5.1

• Improvement: built-in probe Threads does not add unnecessary weak references to threads
• Improvement: built-in probe Processes provides more information: it remembers process exit code (available for processes for which Process.waitFor() method is called, or those which have finished before Process object is finalized), as well as monitors I/O operations with process input, output and error streams
• Memory profiling: UI: reference explorer: local variable names (if available) are shown as thread-to-object references '<local variable: name>'. As usual, the stack detail are available via Quick info.
• Memory profiling: UI: "Threads" tab indicates which thread has thrown the OutOfMemoryError for on-OutOfMemoryError HPROF snapshots captured with Java 7
• Remote attach wizard: added ability to specify startup options
• J2EE server integration wizard: GlassFish: improved handling of domain.xml containing manually commented parts
• Bug fixed: probes UI: number of rows shown in table tab might update incorrectly

Changes in YourKit Java Profiler 9.5.1 from 9.5.0

• Improvement: more OSGi container applications can be profiled without the need to manually tweak OSGi settings to allow loading of the profiler classes. In particular, this includes GlassFish 3.1.
• IDE integration: improved NetBeans plugin installation on Windows Vista and Windows 7. Previously, the IDE integration wizard might fail if NetBeans was installed in a protected directory such as "Program Files" due to Windows User Access Control (UAC). Now, appropriate UAC prompt is shown when necessary, letting the wizard succeed.
• IDE integration: NetBeans 7.0 M2 supported
• IDE integration: profiler plugin UI: improvements
• UI: Welcome screen: improved usability on low resolution screens
• UI: open snapshot dialog: grouping snapshots by session is now optional
• Bug fixed: UI: open snapshot dialog might improperly refresh under certain rare circumstances