CHANGELOG.md

New Relic Platform Java SDK Change Log

v2.0.1 - September 2nd, 2014

Changes

• The Runner class no longer invokes a System.exit call after its polling thread completes

v2.0.0 - April 22, 2014

Improvements

• New Config class for accessing configuration properties for a plugin
• New optional plugin.json file for configuring agents and any static configuration a plugin may need
• New Logger class for standard logging
• Compatibility with the New Relic Platform Installer

Changes

• Changes for new plugin installer CLI tool
• Consistent property file structure with json files
• Moved from newrelic.properties configuration file to newrelic.json file
  • host property changed to endpoint
  • sslHostVerification changed to ssl_host_verification
• AgentFactory#readJSONFile(String) is now deprecated in favor of using Config#getValue(String) and the plugin.json file
• AgentFactory constructor is no longer configurable with a JSON configuration file - see new plugin.json file in README
• Context#getLogger(), Context#setLogger(), and Context#log() have been removed in favor of the new Logger class
• The logging.properties configuration file has been replaced with simplified configuration in the newrelic.json file. See README.md for logging configuration.
• Runner constructor now correctly advertises that it throws a checked ConfigurationException
• Agent#prepareToRun(Context) has been removed in favor of Agent#prepareToRun()
• The EpochCounter class has been renamed to EpochProcessor
• Agent#getComponentHumanLabel() has been deprecated for Agent#getAgentName()
• Runner#register(Agent) method has been deprecated for Runner#add(Agent)

v1.2.3 - March 21, 2014

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a metric value issue where Infinity and NaN values were being improperly handled

v1.2.2 - November 25, 2013

Improvements

• Added the ability to specify where your configuration directory exists.
• Several performance improvements:
  • Improved logging performance
  • Improved String memory allocation

v1.2.1 - November 4, 2013

Bug Fixes

• Fixed logic around EpochCounters processing null values.

v1.2.0 - October 29, 2013

Improvements

• Added ability to consolidate sending multiple component agent metrics in a single REST request per poll cycle.

v1.1.2 - October 22, 2013

Bug Fixes

• Increased accuracy for timestamps in calculating component durations.

Improvements

• Added SDK lifecycle logging enhancements.

v1.1.1 - September 4, 2013

Features

• Added 20 minute aggregation limit for when an agent cannot connect to New Relic's Metric API.

v1.1.0 - August 19, 2013

Features

• Added support for metric aggregation when the agent cannot connect to New Relic's Metric API.

v1.0.4 - July 24, 2013

Features

• Added support for automatic handling of component durations between successful metric publishes.

v1.0.3 - July 18, 2013

Bug Fixes

• Fixed EpochCounter#process issue where sub-second intervals (e.g. 400 ms) would return non-null values.

v1.0.2 - July 7, 2013

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where component data was being benignly duplicated in the request's JSON.

v1.0.1 - June 24, 2013

Features

• Improved logging for readability
• Added configuration option for SSL hostname verification

Changes

• No breaking changes

v1.0.0 - June 18, 2013

Features

• Initial release version of the New Relic Java SDK
  • Ability to create Agents for reporting metrics by subclassing Agent
  • Ability to configure Agents via an AgentFactory with a JSON configuration file
  • Ability to process metrics by time interval with an EpochCounter

Changes

• EpochCounter processor will now return null instead of 0 for invalid data points
• Agent#reportMetric(String, String, int) and Agent#reportMetric(String, String, float) have been consolidated to Agent#reportMetric(String, String, Number)