Introduction to JRockit SDK

Overview of BEA JRockit SDK

What is BEA JRockit?

About the SDK

What Platforms Does BEA JRockit Support?

Compatibility Between Releases

BEA JRockit SDK Support

If BEA JRockit JVM Crashes

Understanding BEA JRockit SDK

The SDK

The Java Runtime Environment

The BEA JRockit Management Console

Code Generation and Optimization

Memory Management (Garbage Collection)

What's in BEA JRockit SDK

SDK Contents

Development Tools

Additional Libraries

C Header Files

The Management Console

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Java Virtual Machine

Standard J2SE JRE Features

File Differences Between BEA JRockit SDK and Sun HotSpot SDK

New Features in BEA JRockit SDK

Standard Features

Improved IPF Performance

New Default Parameter Settings

Native POSIX Thread Library Available with Linux

New Heap Sizing Behavior

Shrinking the Heap

Growing the Heap

Headless Management Console

New JRE Packaging

Support for Browser Plugin on IA32 Machines

Java.* Source Files and Demos Available

Java Web Start

GC Support for Profiling Interface

man Pages Available for Linux Tools

Non-standard Features for 1.4.2_05

BEA JRockit Memory Leak Detector

Non-standard Features for 1.4.2_04

Setting a Dynamic Garbage Collector with -Xgcprio

Manually Configuring the Garbage Collector

JRockit Runtime Analyzer

New Features for JRA for 1.4.2_04

Code Caching

Using the Documentation

BEA JRockit SDK Documentation Set

Printing These Documents

Understanding Documentation Conventions