bytecode_asm_aspects.md

Overview

1. Summary of Bytecode manipulation tools

ByteBuddy

1. Start here
2. Pro: Fast
3. Pro: Popular
4. Pro: Actively maintained (in 2023)
5. Pro: Embraces immutability
6. Pro: Fluent API
7. Pro: Used by popular tools like Mockito, Jackson, Hibernate, Google's Bazel/Blaze
8. Based on ASM

ASM

1. Pro: Fast
2. Low-level

Spring AOP

1. TODO

AspectJ

1. Con: Complex

cglib

1. Abandonware

javaassist

1. Abandonware

Other Resources

1. TODO