A Real-Time Java Virtual Machine with Applications in Avionics

摘要

This paper reports on our experience with the implementation of the Real-time Specification for Java on the Ovm open source Java virtual machine. We describe the architecture and main design decisions involved in implementing real-time Java on Ovm. We present the first use of Real-time Java in avionics in the context of control software for a ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.3.4 [Programming Languages]: Processors-Interpreters, run-time environments; D.3.3 [Programming Languages]: Language Constructs and Features- Classes and objects; D.4.7 [Operating Systems]: Organization and Design-Real-time systems and embedded systems