A switchable approach to large object allocation in real-time Java

Authors

VEYSEL HARUN ŞAHİN
ÜMİT KOCABIÇAK

DOI

10.3906/elk-1304-206

Abstract

Over the last 20 years object-oriented programming languages and managed run-times like Java have been very popular because of their software engineering benefits. Despite their popularity in many application areas, they have not been considered suitable for real-time programming. Besides many other factors, one of the barriers that prevent their acceptance in the development of real-time systems is the long pause times that may arise during large object allocation. This paper examines different kinds of solutions that have been developed so far and introduces a switchable approach to large object allocation in real-time Java. A synthetic benchmark application that is developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the presented technique against other currently implemented techniques is also described.

Keywords

Real-time systems, Java virtual machine, Ovm, Minuteman, garbage collection, memory management

First Page

398

Last Page

411

Recommended Citation

ŞAHİN, VEYSEL HARUN and KOCABIÇAK, ÜMİT (2016) "A switchable approach to large object allocation in real-time Java," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 24: No. 2, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1304-206
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/vol24/iss2/4