It is said that the creator of the Java programming language envisioned embedded systems as the target application. Certainly, Java’s built-in thread awareness, prevention of memory leaks, and security model are attractive features for the designers of real-time systems. Unfortunately, the standard Java virtual machines are extremely large and non-deterministic. This course demonstrates that, with the correct JVM, real-time Java programming is possible and powerful. Among other things, students will learn how to tune a garbage collector and develop multithreaded programs in Java.

Length/Options

• 2 days (hands-on)

Audience

• Embedded programmers contemplating or using Java
• Engineering managers responsible for language choice

Prerequisites

• Basic familiarity with Java syntax

Related Courses

• Multithreaded Programming

Outline

• Introduction
• Real-Time Systems
• Real-Time Java
• Java Threads
• Thread Creation
• Thread States
• Priorities
• Timers and TimerTasks
• Preemptive Scheduling
• Preemption
• Rate Monotonic Algorithm
• Schedulable Bound
• Aperiodic Tasks
• Priority Inversion
• Garbage Collection
• Heap Terminology
• Reference Counting
• Mark and Sweep
• Real-Time Garbage Collection
• Real-Time Issues
• Defragmentation
• Efficiency
• Preemptibility
• Collector Pacing
• Concurrent Programming
• The Big Picture
• Mutual Exclusion
• Memory Visibility
• Thread-Safe Classes
• Waiting and Signaling
• Safety and Liveness
• Design Patterns
• Active Objects
• Message Queueing
• Guarded Call
• Thread Barrier
• Rendezvous
• Observer

Hands-On Tools/Platform

• PERC Virtual Machine
• Eclipse

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