The Java series - Softcover

Real-time programming is a critical component in the development of many consumer and industrial devices. The long-awaited Real-Time Java specification has arrived, delivering the powerful benefits of Java to the embedded software development community. The Real-Time Specification for JavaaA A , introduces the new specification in detail -- giving developers all the information and insight they need to start building powerful, Java-based software. The book is the definitive reference to the semantics, extensions, and modifications to the Java programming language that enable the Java platform to meet the requirements and constraints of real-time development. For all Java programmers, embedded systems programmers, and system architects.

Greg Bollella of IBM leads the Real-Time for Java Expert Group under the Java Community Process (R). James Gosling is a Fellow and Chief Technology Officer of Sun's Developer Products group, the creator of the Java programming language, and one of the computer industry's most noted programmers. He is the 1996 recipient of Software Development's "Programming Excellence Award." He previously developed NeWS, Sun's network-extensible window system, and was a principal in the Andrew project at Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a Ph.D. in computer science.