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JVM Internals: Garbage Collection and VM Optimizations

Thu, Nov 11 6:00pm

Oracle
45 Network Way, Burlington, Ma



Presentation Materials

  • JVM Internals Source
  • JVM Internals


  • Presentation Overview:

    Doug's presentation will delve into three internal parts of Java

    - Class File Format and Byte Code

    - Garbage Collection

    - JIT Optimizations

    In the Class File Format and Byte Code section, the basic structure of the class file format will be explained with examples of Java files compiled to class files.


    Additionally, attendees will be introduced to tools for viewing and writing byte code.


    Presenter Bio:

    Doug Hawkins has been programming in Java professionally for the last

    8 years and currently works as a Software Developer at Omgeo, a Thomson Reuters DTCC company.

     

    Additionally, Doug organizes and presents at the Boston Java Meetup.

    Doug is the creator of the open source Java Assembler Kit project and will be sharing his knowledge of JVM Internals.