Lilith 8.1.0

This version of Lilith demands Java 8 update 121 or higher and will says so if you try to start it with an older version. It has also been tested with Java 9-ea+158.

You can still receive event from previous versions so if your application is still running Java 7 or lower just keep using the 0.9.44 artifacts.
Keep in mind that Java SE 7 End of Public Updates has already been reached.

Changelog

Added

• Added TemporalAccessor support to SafeString.
• Added log4j2 Marker support.
• Added "Copy logger name" accelerator "command shift N".
• Added "Copy message" accelerator "command shift C".
• Added "Copy message pattern" accelerator "command shift alt C".
• Added "Copy Throwable name" action with accelerator "command shift alt T".
• Added "Throwable" condition.
• Added "Focus Throwables"/"Exclude Throwables" matching events with any Throwable.
• Added "Focus Throwable"/"Exclude Throwable" matching events with a specific Throwable class name.
• Added "Copy call location" accelerator "command shift S".
• Added "Copy call stack" accelerator "command shift alt S".
• Added "Copy request URL".
• Added "Copy request headers".
• Added "Copy request parameters".
• Added "Copy response headers".
• Added thread priority to thread info of logging event.
• Added "Copy thread name".
• Added "Copy thread group name".
• Added "ThreadName" condition.
• Added "ThreadGroupName" condition.
• Added "Focus Thread name"/"Exclude Thread name".
• Added "Focus Thread group name"/"Exclude Thread group name".
• Added "Focus Request URI"/"Exclude Request URI" menus.
• Added lots of filter tests.
• Added "Focus Request Parameter"/"Exclude Request Parameter".
• Added "Focus Request Header"/"Exclude Request Header".
• Added "Focus Response Header"/"Exclude Response Header".
• Added alternative behavior for "MDC", "Request Parameter", "Request Header" and "Response Header" Focus/Exclude menu items. Pressing Alt while selecting Action will match any value for the given key.
• Added support for ClassLoaderName, ModuleName and ModuleVersion in Java 9 StackTraceElement.
• Added some more tips.
• Added "Show unfiltered" accelerator "command U". Also added the action to the "Search" menu.
• Added "Go to source" accelerator "command D". Also added the action to the "Edit" menu.

Changed

• Using java.time.format instead of SimpleDateFormat.
• Don't create copy of whitelist Set in WhitelistObjectInputStream.
• Demand Java 8 1.8.0_121.
• Added option to start application even if Java version requirements are not met.
• Changed accelerator of "Copy Throwable" from "command shift alt T" to "command shift T".
• Changed specification of HTTP status code 451 from draft to RFC 7725.
• Changed meaning of ThrowableCondition. Condition now evaluates to true if search string is one of the Throwable contained in the hierarchy (including cause, suppressed) instead of only checking the root exception.
• EventContainsCondition is now evaluating Throwable, NDC and any contained StackTraceElement values.
• appendTo methods of ThrowableInfo and ExtendedStackTraceElement now throw a NullPointerException if StringBuilder is null.
• ExtendedStackTraceElement.appendExtended is now private.
• ExtendedStackTraceElement.toString(true) is now printing "na" instead of empty string if codeLocation or version is null.
• HttpStatusTypeCondition understands more input. "SUCCESSFUL", "su", "2", "2X" and " 2x " will all evaluate to HttpStatus.Type.SUCCESSFUL.
• CallLocationCondition understands more input. "at " and whitespace is now automatically removed.
• HttpRemoteUserCondition is less strict. String is first trimmed for both condition and remote user of event. Empty string and "-" are both considered "no user name" and the condition matches accordingly.
• MDCContainsCondition without value will now match if the MDC of an event contains any value (even null) for the given key.
• SafeString/MessageFormatter changes. Those only have an effect if Lilith appenders are used.
  • String instances contained in Collection, Map or Object[] are now wrapped in apostrophes. This means that an empty Set will look differently than one containing an empty String. Similarly, a null element will look differently than 'null'.
  • Map instances are now formatted in Groovy style ([key:value, key2:value2]) instead of Java style ({key=value, key2=value2}).
  • byte[], Byte[] and Byte are now converted to hex values. Because [0xCA, 0xFE, 0xBA, 0xBE] has better readability than [-54, -2, -70, -66].
  • This is not a compatibility contest. It's about usability.
• "Paste StackTraceElement" (command shift V) is now much more effective. It parses the text from the clipboard and opens the first StackTraceElement it finds in IDEA (if the necessary IDEA plugin is installed). Parsing is much more lenient.
• Using SafeString for "Copy MDC".
• Details view is now showing all available thread information.
• XML is now handled by Woodstox.
• Moved "Logger" in "Focus"/"Exclude" menus from bottom to top.
• applicationUUID is now actually a ULID. The existing methods setCreatingUUID/isCreatingUUID and getUUID in the multiplex appenders are not renamed for compatibility reasons. ULID generation is handled in the new de.huxhorn.sulky:de.huxhorn.sulky.ulid module.
• Activated automatic graphics switching on Mac, i.e. don't demand the high-performance, energy-hungry GPU. This fixes issue #27. Thanks to Nikita Belenkiy for the detailed issue.
• Enhanced preferences dialog. This fixes issue #17.

Deprecated

• Nothing.

Removed

• Removed SourceInfo and related classes. They were all unused and also terrible.
• Removed LoggingEvents and related classes. Same as above.
• Removed AccessEvents and related classes. Same as above.
• Removed unused methods getTextColor(), getBackgroundColor() and getBorderColor() of class SavedCondition.
• Removed unused c'tors in AbstractFilterAction, AbstractLoggingFilterAction and AbstractAccessFilterAction.
• Removed RRD statistics.
• Removed unused SenderService and jMDNS.
• Removed unused and broken UserNotificationLoggingEventHandler and UserNotificationAccessEventHandler.
• Removed macify to ensure Java 9 compatibility.
• Removed de.huxhorn.lilith.jul-slf4j-handler. Use org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j and enable ch.qos.logback.classic.jul.LevelChangePropagator instead.
• Removed Substance look & feel. The Insubstantial fork is broken in Java 9 and isn't maintained anymore. The just-revived original substance won't provide Maven artifacts because those are just "the latest chic".
• Removed JGoodies look & feel. The current version is broken in Java 9 and the next version will be closed-source and payware.

Fixed

• Make frames entirely visible after selecting them from the Windows Menu.
• Added some more classes to deserialization whitelist. The missing classes prevented deserialization of some log4j2 events. This fixes issue #21.
• Added another class to deserialization whitelist. The missing class prevented deserialization of logback 1.2.x events.
• Fixed NPE in LoggingEventProtobufEncoder. This fixes issue #22.
• Fixed NPE in CheckForUpdateRunnable in case of broken network connection.
• Fixed handling of invalid XML created by java.util.logging.XMLFormatter. This fixes issue #26.
• Being less strict about the required Java version. It seems certain Linux distros have a Java version string like 1.8.0_66-internal which is - strictly speaking - less than 1.8.0_66 since -internal is a pre-release identifier. Lilith will now accept versions like this if ignoring the pre-release identifier satisfies the version requirement.
• Making sure selected event is reset when last view is closed.
• log4j2 2.8.1, slf4j 1.7.24, Logback 1.2.1, jackson 2.8.7, Spring 4.3.7, Groovy 2.4.9, aspectj 1.8.10, httpclient 4.5.3, httpcore 4.4.6, commons-io 2.5, Thymeleaf 2.1.5, protobuf 3.2.0, jcommander 1.64, commons-lang3 3.5, flying-saucer 9.1.4

Security

• Nothing.

Known issues

• logback-access AccessEvent sent by SocketAppender isn't guaranteed to be deserializable at the moment. You can use the Lilith Multiplex Socket Appender in the meantime. See LOGBACK-1182 - Problem deserializing AccessEvent..
• Logback 1.1.0 introduced some message formatting regressions. See LOGBACK-1183 - Message formatting regression.
• Binary Lilith log files will only work in case of append=false. Implemented a workaround. See LOGBACK-1257 - Invalid files in case of append=true and Encoder with non-null headerBytes() / footerBytes()
• log4j 1 won't be able to send ClassLoaderName, ModuleName and ModuleVersion for the call location of the event. Search LOG4J_MODULE in the source to take a look at the problem. Since Log4j 1 End-Of-Life has been announced 2015-08-06, chances are pretty slim that this will be fixed. Upgrade to log4j 2 or Logback.
• Flying Saucer related issues:
  • Selection in the HTML view is currently somewhat buggy, especially in case of scaled view. See Issue 79: SelectionHighlighter not compatible with ScalableXHTMLPanel.
  • Jumping to anchors is currently not supported so the navigation in help and details view isn't as good as it could be. See Issue 105: URLs with anchors.
• GLAZEDLISTS-469 - AutoCompleteSupport: Arrowing down on the popup and pressing enter fails to update combobox is happening in the find panel on macOS. Select the correct entry with the mouse as a workaround.

Previous Versions

• 8.0.0
• 0.9.44
• 0.9.43
• 0.9.42.1
• 0.9.42
• 0.9.41
• 0.9.40
• 0.9.39
• 0.9.38
• 0.9.37
• 0.9.36

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