SEJan 28, 2021
Compact Java Monitors
arXiv:2102.04188v31 citations
AI Analysis
This is an incremental improvement for Java developers and JVM implementers.
The paper tackles the problem of implementing the 'synchronized' construct in the HotSpot JVM by proposing Compact Java Monitors as a potential replacement, but no concrete results or numbers are provided.
For scope and context, the idea we'll describe below, Compact Java Monitors, is intended as a potential replacement implementation for the "synchronized" construct in the HotSpot JVM. The readers is assumed to be familiar with current HotSpot implementation.