Oracle JRockit: The Definitive Guide

Lagergren, Marcus; Hirt, Marcus

ISBN 10: 1847198066 / ISBN 13: 9781847198068

Published by Packt Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oracle JRockit: The Definitive Guide
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847198066
• ISBN 13: 9781847198068
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Filled with careful step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots, this tutorial shows you JRockit and how to get the most from it. All key concepts in the JRockit JVM, such as code generation, memory management and other internals are introduced. Performance aspects of Java are discussed in detail. A complete guide to use the tools in the JRockit Mission Control suite is also included, and much more. This book is for intermediate to advanced Java Developers, who want to monitor, diagnose, profile and enhance the performance of their Java applications. It is also for people who want to understand more about the internal workings of a modern Java Virtual Machine or adaptive runtime. Parts of the book are suitable as course material for education about runtimes.

About the Author

Marcus Hirt

Marcus Hirt is one of the founders of Appeal Virtual Machines, the company that created the Java Virtual Machine JRockit. He is currently working as Team Lead, Engineering Manager and Architect for the JRockit Mission Control team. In his spare time he enjoys coding on one of his many pet projects, composing music and scuba diving. Marcus has been an appreciated speaker on Oracle Open World, eWorld, BEAWorld, EclipseCon, Nordev and Expert Zone Developer Summit, and has contributed JRockit related articles and webinars to the JRockit community. Marcus Hirt got his M.Sc. education in computer science from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Marcus Lagergren

Marcus Lagergren holds a M.Sc. in computer science from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He has a background in computer security but has worked with runtimes since 1999. Marcus Lagergren was one of the founding members of Appeal Virtual Machines, the company that developed JRockit. Marcus has been team lead and architect for the JRockit code generators and has been involved in pretty much every other aspect of the JRockit JVM internals. Since 2007 Marcus works for Oracle on fast Virtualization technology. Marcus lives in Stockholm with his wife and two daughters. He likes power tools, heavy metal and scuba diving.