With contributions from Hang Shao. By now you’ve no doubt heard of Eclipse OpenJ9 and its reputation for starting applications faster and using less memory. If not, you should visit the Eclipse OpenJ9 Performance page. The Shared Class Cache (SCC) capability is one of the main reasons why OpenJ9 can start faster and use less…
It’s complicated… Relationship verification is very important, but can we be a little lazy about it? Java bytecode verification entails several processes, one of which is class relationship verification. Java Virtual Machine (JVM) startup includes any JVM or application setup preceding the actual execution of the program, and one of these steps is verification. Consequently,…
Debugging can be quite tedious, complex and cumbersome. Detailed within this blog we will explore how to make Java debugging a bit easier by leveraging the JVM’s embedded debugging tools. Native C/C++ debuggers utilize operating system hooks to debug an application. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) includes it’s own unique and powerful toolkit for debugging;…
Containers are increasingly becoming the preferred way of deploying applications. They facilitate consistency between development and operations, allow for an easy way to build layers for reuse, and make it very easy for users to try out an application without having to deal with setting up all the prerequisites. However, just because applications have moved…
This post describes my winter 2019 internship in the Eclipse OpenJ9 team. At the time of writing, I am a second-year computer science student at the University of Waterloo. This was my first co-op term, so I was excited to utilize the knowledge learned from university in a real-world programming project. The first part of…
