Taming the fantastic beast of the Java Virtual Machine
summary
Covers internals of the Java Virtual Machine: memory layouts, garbage collection algorithms, and JIT compilation. Uses real-world Java code examples to demonstrate how these JVM components behave and interact so developers can better diagnose and respond to unexpected JVM behavior.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 38:51The Generational Hypothesis
- 40:09Garbage Collection Takeaways
- 44:49String Construction
- 45:18Integer Switch
- 45:39String Switch
- 46:51Why Read Bytecode?
- 52:48Polymorphism: 3 subclasses
- 56:13Polymorphism: 2 subclasses
- 56:41Compilation Takeaways
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