Reverse Execution of Java Bytecode

Reverse Execution of Java Bytecode

We demonstrate a model, including operational semantics, for the reverse execution of stack-based code. We discuss our modification of the Kaffe implementation of the Java Virtual Machine, supporting a debugger capable of running Java bytecode backwards. We achieve reverse execution by logging the state lost during each operation or by directly reversing instructions. Our debugger has facilitie...

A Bytecode Translator for Distributed Execution of "Legacy" Java Software

This paper proposes a system named Addistant, which enables the distributed execution of “legacy” Java bytecode. Here “legacy” means the software originally developed to be executed on a single Java virtual machine (JVM). For adapting legacy software to distributed execution on multiple JVM, developers using Addistant have only to specify the host where instances of each class are allocated and...

PicoJava: A Direct Execution Engine For Java Bytecode

K ey to the central promise inherent in Java technology— " write once, run anywhere " —is the fact that Java programs run on the Java virtual machine, insulating them from any contact with the underlying hardware. Consequently, Java programs must execute indirectly through a translation layer built into the Java virtual machine. This translator can take different forms—from the simplest interpr...

The Hyperion system: Compiling multithreaded Java bytecode for distributed execution

Annotating Java Bytecode

The emergence of a new class of highly dynamic and object-oriented programming languages presents new challenges to the established field of Compiler Optimization. With the advent of Java and it’s popularity, there is now a great incentive for addressing these issues. This paper describes how the Runtime performance of Java could benefit by annotating Java code by means of classfile attributes ...