NDLI: Extracting Java library subsets for deployment on embedded systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Rayside, D. Kontogiannis, K.
Copyright Year	1999
Description	Author affiliation: Syst. Design Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada (Rayside, D.)
Abstract	Embedded systems provide means for enhancing the functionality delivered by small-sized electronic devices such as hand-held computers and cellular phones. Java is a programming language which incorporates a number of features that are useful for developing such embedded systems. However the size and the complexity of the Java language and its libraries have slowed its adoption for embedded systems, due to the processing power and storage space limitations found in these systems. A common approach to address storage space limitations is for the vendor to offer special versions of the libraries with reduced functionality and size to meet the constraints of embedded systems. This paper presents a technique that is used for dynamically selecting, on an as needed basis, the subset of library entities that is exactly required for a given Java application to run. This subset can then be down-loaded to the device for execution. The advantage of this approach is that the developer can use arbitrary libraries, instead of being restricted to those which have been adapted for embedded systems by the vendors. A prototype system, that dynamically builds library subsets on an as needed per application basis, has been built and tested on several mid-size Java applications with positive results.
Starting Page	102
Ending Page	110
File Size	90708
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769500900
DOI	10.1109/CSMR.1999.756687
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1999-03-05
Publisher Place	Netherlands
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Java Libraries Embedded system Design engineering Embedded computing Handheld computers Systems engineering and theory Computer languages Electronic switching systems Prototypes
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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