Changelog

On this page you find the description of all changes in the releases and the binary downloads.
If you prefer the source code:

• latest in repository: https://github.com/chewiebug/GCViewer/zipball/develop
• per release: release section

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GCViewer 1.35-SNAPSHOT (changes since 1.34.1)

candidates see milestone 1.35

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• general updates
  • Read GCModel in a background thread (supplied by Hans Bausewein, issue #87)
    • For those, who use GCViewer as a library: This is a breaking change to DataReaderFacade.
  • improve recognition of log file types (issue #128)
  • Command line graph generation random issue (issue #130)
  • Chart can be exported from gui as "png" file (supplied by Àngel Ollé Blázquez, issue #131)
  • Update to summary gc log exporter (supplied by Tony Mancill, issue #147)
  • use native file dialog on OS X (supplied by Christoph Grindstaff, issue #123)
  • show min / max interval for full gc (supplied by Fred Rolland, issue #14)
  • version info in info dialog / parse logs should now always be shown (issue #163)
  • export dialog shows directories (supplied by Ondrej Mihályi, issue #168)
• updates for Oracle / OpenJDK parser
  • avoid negative pauses for "application stopped" events (issue #128)
  • G1: allow for "," in G1Ergonomics timestamps (issue #128)
  • G1: handle extended "remark" event format in jdk1.8.0_60 (issue #149)
  • CMS: handle combination of -XX:+ScavengeBeforeRemark and -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC (issue #132)
  • CMS: handle "," in "concurrent mode failure" timestamps (issue #135)
  • parallel: handle combination of -XX:+PrintGCCause and -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution (issue #140)
  • CMS: handle output of -XX:+PrintHeapBeforeFullGC + -XX:+PrintHeapAfterFullGC (issue #157)

GCViewer 1.34.1 - 31.01.2015 (changes since 1.34)

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• general updates
  • switch to jdk 8
  • fix doclint errors for javadoc with jdk 8 (supplied by Bernd Eckenfels, issue #124, issue #125)
  • preserve timezone information in datestamps (requires jdk 8; supplied by [Reinhard Nägele] (https://github.com/unguiculus), issue #112, issue #113)
  • fix test failure related to line endings (issues #116, #120)
• updates for Oracle / OpenJDK parser
  • CMS: support combination of -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution and -XX:+PrintPromotionFailure (issue #94)
  • CMS: support combination of -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution and -XX:+PrintFLSStatistics (issue #127)

GCViewer 1.34 - 30.11.2014 (changes since 1.33)

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• general updates
  • save state of timestamp ruler (show time or date) (supplied by Maciej Kwiecien, issue #88)
  • fix an issue in AboutDialog with NimbusLookAndFeel (supplied by Frank Dietrich, issue #89)
  • "used heap" line correctly shows heap level at beginning and end of pause (before, length of pause was ignored) issue #95)
  • new command line argument "-t " to set export type (supplied by Samuel Mendenhall, issue #103)
  • new metric max heap after full gc should help to determine heap sizing
  • new metric max tenured heap after concurrent gc and avg tenured heap after concurrent gc should also help to determine heap sizing
  • fix bug drawing total / tenured / young heap (issue #111)
• updates for Oracle / OpenJDK parser
  • G1: parsing of logfiles with datestamps but without timestamps (issue #51)
  • G1: support -XX:+PrintGCCause in combination with -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution (issue #105)
  • G1: improve support for Java 8 (read full heap information for Full gc events)
  • CMS: ignore output of -XX:+PrintCMSInitiationStatistics
  • parse output produced by -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime, show it in chart, event details and pause tabs (issues #25, #90, #91, #106)

GCViewer 1.33 - 30.10.2013 (changes since 1.32)

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• general updates
  • fix isSignificant for fullGcPause on gui and in command line mode (supplied by Yin Xunjun, issue #64)
  • new menu items in the "help" menu: "readme" and "license"
  • change JDK version from 1.6 to 1.7 (no support for specific mac version any more)
  • fix display of "tenured heap" numbers in memory tab (derive from "young heap" when no information was present in event)
  • publish gcviewer to maven central (supplied by Reinhard Nägele, issue #54)
  • command line mode supports generation of image files (supplied by Eugene Zimichev, issue #72)
  • support reading GZIPped input streams (supplied by Hans Bausewein, issue #74)
• updates for Sun / Oracle parser
  • G1: support decimal values in the log format (supplied by Stephan Schroevers, issue #58 and Ryan Gardner, issue #65)
  • G1: ignore output of -XX:+PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy (supplied by Ryan Gardner, issue #65)
  • G1: ignore output of -XX:+PrintGCCause (jdk 1.7.0_40, supplied by Ryan Gardner, issue #65)
  • G1: improve support for -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution (issue #63))
  • Parallel: support promotion failed events where type (GC--) name is interspersed with detailed events (issue #76)
  • CMS: ignore GC locker: Trying... in logs (supplied by Michi Gysel, issue #83)
  • support full datestamps near timestamps everywhere in a log line (jdk 1.7.0_40, issue #80)
  • ignore output of -XX:+PrintReferenceGC (issue #79)

GCViewer 1.32 14.03.2013 (changes since 1.31)

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• general updates
  • new graphs for tenured and young generation
  • clicking on scrollbar in chart moves exactly one page (issue #28)
  • support for command line only mode (supplied by Peter Bilstein, issue #26)
  • support decimals for zoom factor (supplied by Bernd Eckenfels, issue #39)
  • better recognition of file format (supplied by Andrey Skripalschikov, issue #42)
  • improved performance in chart for large gc logs (supplied by Neil Gentleman, issue #48)
  • add new export format "simple gc log" (gchisto compatible, issue #49)
• updates for Sun / Oracle parser
  • support for G1 algorithm updated
  • support -XX:+PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy (print without use, issue #36)
  • support -XX:PrintCMSStatistics=2 (output ignored, issue #33)
  • support -XX:+CMSScavengeBeforeRemark in Sun JDK1.5 (issue #41)
  • support -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution for OpenJDK1.6.0_22 (issue #60)
• updates for JRockit parser
  • better support for JRockit 1.5 (supplied by Rupesh Ramachandran, issue #45)
  • support for JRockit 1.6 (supplied by Rupesh Ramachandran, issue #29)
• updates for IBM parser
  • support large numbers in J9 log files (supplied by Bernd Eckenfels + Scott Fraser, [issue #40] (https://github.com/chewiebug/GCViewer/issues/40))

GCViewer 1.31 14.07.2012 (changes since 1.31-RC5)

• updates to the Sun / Oracle G1 parser
  • support new output format (-XX:+PrintGCDetails) in jdk 1.7u2+
  • support -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution (output ignored)
  • support -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime (output ignored)
  • support -XX:+PrintGCApplicationConcurrentTime (output ignored)
• updates to the Sun / Oracle CMS parser
  • support -XX:+CMSScavengeBeforeRemark
  • support -XX:+PrintPromotionFailure (output ignored)
  • support AdaptiveSizePolicy-CMS (-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy)
• improved performance in chart for large gc logs
• support B as memory unit
• bug in unittests fixed when they were run in a different timezone than GMT+1
• support for OSX application bundles (supplied by Johan Kaving)
• support for new timestamp format in IBM JDK 6 (supplied by Cka3o4Huk)

GCViewer 1.31-RC5 05.02.2012 (changes since 1.31-RC4)

• -XX:+PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy implemented for java 1.4 / 1.5 as well
• small bugfixes in G1 parser / metric calculation
• G1: treat "Mark stack is full" messages as separate event
• improved accuracy of young and tenured generation in chart

GCViewer 1.31-RC4 11.01.2012 (changes since 1.31-RC3)

• "zero"-point of chart starts with first gc event (not always assumed, that "0" seconds is start)
• new panel showing details about gc pauses found in the log file
• ignore entries made by -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC
• ignore entries made by -XX:+PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy
• horizontal scrolling in chart with mouse wheel is faster

GCViewer 1.31-RC3 04.12.2011 (changes since 1.31-RC2)

• More accurate parsing of G1 GC logs
• initiatingOccupancyFraction is calculated for G1 as well
• view settings are remembered between sessions
• new lines allowing more detailed analysis of concurrent collections
  • "concurrent collections": cyan vertical line for every start and pink vertical line for every end of a concurrent collection
  • "initial mark level": yellow line indicating tenured heap usage when concurrent collection starts
• less parser errors shown (detailed heap sizing statements in the of log files ignored)

GCViewer 1.31-RC2 17.11.2011 (changes since 1.31-RC1)

• new metric promotion in memory tab
• Update of version information in about dialog
• about dialog closes when escape is pressed

GCViewer 1.31-RC1 05.11.2011 (changes since 1.29)

• option -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps is supported
• the following CMS full GCs are recognised: ParNew (promotion failed) and CMS (concurrent mode failure)
• experimental support for G1 GC algorithm (-verbose:GC, but not -XX:+PrintGCDetails)
• Parser improved to reduce amount of unparseable lines -> better accuracy of metrics
• More detailed informations about pause times (min / max / avg)
• More detailed informations about heap usage (total heap / tenured / young / perm)
• CMS GC: initiatingOccupancyFraction in memory tab (start of concurrent collections)
• Parse error dialog is not shown, when logfile is watched
• smaller gcviewer-xxx.jar (*.psd removed)
• Needs JVM 1.6 to run (1.4 before)