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Java JNI Bridge: A Framework for Mixed Native ISA Execution

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Shalom Goldenberg,

Suresh Srinivas,

Valery Ushakov,

Yoav ZachAuthors Info & Claims

CGO '06: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization

Pages 65 - 75

https://doi.org/10.1109/CGO.2006.22

Published: 26 March 2006 Publication History

Abstract

Managed Runtime Environments (MRTEs) such as the Java platform promise a cross platform "Write Once, Deploy Anywhere" mechanism. However, MRTE applications that contain native method calls are not seamlessly portable across platforms. In this paper, we describe a new approach to transparently run Java applications containing native method calls to one ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) on a different ISA's Java platform. This approach operates within the same operating system process that executes the application but with the support of a dynamic translator. This paper describes the technical challenges and solutions of such an in-process implementation within a production Java Virtual Machine (JVM). These include interfacing the JVM with a dynamic translator to support native calls to a different ISA, pursuing a JVM-independent implementation, enhancing the dynamic translator to support shared libraries in addition to executables, marshalling arguments across ISA boundaries, and providing full support for all Java features such as multi-threading. The paper presents performance results for an end-user application, showing our approach to be 2-3 times faster than other approaches.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.future.2011.05.012
Hirzel MGrimm R(2007)JeannieACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/1297105.129703042:10(19-38)Online publication date: 21-Oct-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1297105.1297030
Hirzel MGrimm RGabriel RBacon DLopes CSteele G(2007)JeannieProceedings of the 22nd annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications10.1145/1297027.1297030(19-38)Online publication date: 21-Oct-2007
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Index Terms

Java JNI Bridge: A Framework for Mixed Native ISA Execution
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
      1. Runtime environments
      2. Translator writing systems and compiler generators
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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Ericson KPallickara S(2018)Adaptive heterogeneous language support within a cloud runtimeFuture Generation Computer Systems10.1016/j.future.2011.05.01228:1(128-135)Online publication date: 30-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.future.2011.05.012
Hirzel MGrimm R(2007)JeannieACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/1297105.129703042:10(19-38)Online publication date: 21-Oct-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1297105.1297030
Hirzel MGrimm RGabriel RBacon DLopes CSteele G(2007)JeannieProceedings of the 22nd annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications10.1145/1297027.1297030(19-38)Online publication date: 21-Oct-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1297027.1297030

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