Real-Time Java Platform Programming (The Sun Microsystems Press Java Series) - Softcover

Dibble, Peter C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130282618 ISBN 13: 9780130282613

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

This is an advanced Java programming book, which focuses on how to implement Java in systems that require real-time response, i.e., systems that require precisely measured time, consistency and utility. Written by one of RTSJ's creators, it offers a practical introduction to real-time programming for every Java developer.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Build powerful real-time Java platform applications.

• The authoritative reference to the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ)―by one of its creators
• Complete introduction to Java-based RT development―no real-time experience necessary
• Covers scheduling, asynchronous transfer control, timers, non-heap memory, garbage collection, performance tradeoffs, program structure, and more

Written for experienced Java platform developers, this practical guide provides a solid grounding in real-time programming. Dibble, a member of the RTSJ expert group, starts with an overview of real-time issues unique to the Java platform. He then explains how to use each major feature of the RTSJ.

From broad real-time principles to detailed programming pitfalls, Real-Time Java Platform Programming covers everything you need to know to build effective RT programs. Key topics include:

• Interoperability with non-RT code, tradeoffs in real-time development, and RT issues for the JVMtm software
• Garbage collection, non-heap access, physical and "immortal" memory, and constant-time allocation of non-heap memory
• Priority scheduling, deadline scheduling, and rate monotonic analysis
• Closures, asynchronous transfer of control, asynchronous events, and timers

State-of-the-art information for RT developers:

• Threads scheduling
• Real-time scheduling
• Raw memory access
• Performance tradeoffs
• Recommended practices
• Implementation hints
• Dozens of code examples and step-by-step walk-throughs

Synopsis:

Real-time programming is critical to the development of a wide range of consumer, industrial, system, and military devices. Using the new Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ), developers can create, verify, analyze, execute and manage Java code that ensures the correctness, timeliness, and execution predictability that are essential to real-time programming. This book, written by one of RTSJ's creators, offers a practical introduction to real-time programming for every Java developer -- even those with no real-time experience at all. Replete with example code, this book gives any Java developer the skills and expertise to build powerful real-time applications. Peter Dibble begins with an overview of the key issues associated with Java real-time development. He covers garbage collection, priority scheduling and deadline scheduling in real-time environments; then introduces rate monotonic analysis, a powerful set of techniques for analyzing timing behavior to ensure that real-time systems will always meet their deadlines. The book covers every aspect of real-time Java development, including closures, the use of thread.interrupt, asynchronous events, timers, CT allocation, non-heap access, physical and "immortal" memory, structuring RT Java programming, supporting distributed real-time applications and interactions with non-RT threads, using RT Java exceptions, RT restrictions on the JVM, and much more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130282618
• ISBN 13: 9780130282613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352