Java Bytecode Compression for Low-End Embedded Systems (2000)
| Venue: | ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems |
| Citations: | 34 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Clausen00javabytecode,
author = {Lars Ræder Clausen and Lars Rder Clausen and Ulrik Pagh Schultz and Gilles Muller and Charles Consel},
title = {Java Bytecode Compression for Low-End Embedded Systems},
journal = {ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems},
year = {2000},
volume = {22},
pages = {471--489}
}
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION The Java language [Gosling et al. 1996], while enjoying widespread use in many application domains, is by design also meant to be used in embedded systems. This is witnessed by the availability of specific APIs, such as the JavaCard and EmbeddedJava specifications [Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1997; 1998a; 1999b; 1999c; 1999d]. The primary advantage of Java in this context is portability, which is realized through the Java bytecode format [Lindholm and Yellin 1996]. The use of a standard format allows any third-party developed services to be installed on any Java-compatible embedded system. Low-end embedded systems, such as smart-cards, have strong restrictions on the amount of available memory, severely limiting the size of applications that they can run. Memory is scarce for a number of reasons: production costs must be kept low; power consumption must be minimized; and available physical space is limited. This research was supported in part by Bull. Authors'
