Java class information sharing improve would increase startup occasions

Efforts to enhance Java program startup occasions and efficiency are set to incorporate bettering assist for archived Java heap objects in CDS (class information sharing).

The plan, made public by Ioi Lam of Oracle in an OpenJDK group RFC final month, aligns with Challenge Leyden, an effort to enhance startup occasions for Java functions in addition to occasions to peak efficiency and program footprints. Lam famous that Challenge Leyden is more likely to make in depth use of archived Java heap objects.

Objectives of the CDS enchancment plan embody uniform assist of CDS for all collectors and minimizing the code wanted for every collector to assist CDS. CDS itself is meant to cut back utility startup occasions, particularly for smaller functions. CDS is supported solely with the Java HotSpot shopper VM and solely with the serial rubbish collector.

The CDS enchancment plan requires:

• Eradicating the G1 rubbish collector dependency for writing the archive heap; a working prototype already has been developed.
• Consolidating the archive heap right into a contiguous block. The intent is to make it simple to mmap (reminiscence map) the archive heap into totally different collectors. Removing of G1 archive area sorts is also deliberate as a part of this step.
• Implementation of mmap of the archive area for different collectors. The implementation is anticipated to be pretty easy.

As of Java Growth Equipment (JDK) 20, which is due as a manufacturing launch in March, implementers of the plan should cope with limitations together with CDS archive dumping solely being supported by the G1 collector, G1 having a particular allocation routine for house within the heap, and mmap supported solely in G1.

Offering the impetus for the CDS proposal was a Java growth plan to have uniform APIs for utilizing archived areas. That proposal was launched this previous November.