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 JVM 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.
PETER DIBBLE, a member of the team that created the Real-Time Specification for the Java platform, was also on the Microware Systems Corporation team that first ported the Sun Java platform to an embedded system and produced the first version of Personal Java technology for a commercial RTOS. He has over a decade's experience with real-time system software and is author of OS-9 Insights and The Complete Guide to OS-9.