Advanced Code Hot Swapping in JDK 8?

Question

I am looking for better HotSwapping in the JavaVM. Being able to only apply method body changes is okay but quite limiting.

The options available is JRebel and a dis

Answer 1

There is a fork of DCEVM maintained in the repository on Github. It was recently updated for Java 8. The binaries are available through the GitHub releases or on the downloads page.

For simple things, like adding/removing methods, it should be pretty reliable (verified by automated tests in 16 different configurations). However, it still could eventually crash JVM, so it is by no means should be used in production.