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# AspectJ 1.8.0 Readme

The full list of resolved issues in 1.8.0 is available here.

- 1.8.0 available 17-Apr-2014
- 1.8.0.RC1 available 18-Mar-2014
- 1.8.0.M1 available 29-Jul-2013

## Notable changes

### Java 8 compilation

AspectJ has been updated to the latest available Eclipse Java compiler version that compiles Java8 code (the version available as a feature patch on top of Eclipse 4.3.2).

Here is a sample AspectJ8 program:

    === 8< ==== C.java ==== 8< ===
    import java.util.Arrays;

    interface I {
        // Default method
        default void foo() {
            System.out.println("ABC");
        }
    }

    public class C implements I{
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            new C().foo();
            // Lambda
            Runnable r = () -> { System.out.println("hello world!"); };
            r.run();
            // Used Java8 b97
            Arrays.asList(MyClass.doSomething()).forEach((p) -> System.out.println(p));
        }
    }

    aspect X {
    	before(): execution(* I.foo()) {
       		System.out.println("I.foo running");
    	}
    	before(): staticinitialization(!X) {
    		System.out.println("Clazz "+thisJoinPointStaticPart);
    	}
    }

    class Utils {
        public static int compareByLength(String in, String out) {
            return in.length() - out.length();
        }
    }

    class MyClass {
        public static String[] doSomething() {
            String []args = new String[]{"4444","333","22","1"};
            // Method reference
            Arrays.sort(args,Utils::compareByLength);
            return args;
        }
    }
    === 8< ==== C.java ==== 8< ===