Chapter 1. Getting Started

While parts of this book, mainly the first part, contain generic information on the inner workings of all adaptive runtimes, the examples and in-depth information still assume that the JRockit JVM is used. This chapter briefly explains how to obtain the JRockit JVM and covers porting issues that may arise while deploying your Java application on JRockit.

In this chapter, you will learn:

  • How to obtain JRockit
  • The platforms supported by JRockit
  • How to migrate to JRockit
  • About the command-line options to JRockit
  • How to interpret JRockit version numbers
  • Where to get help if you run into trouble

Obtaining the JRockit JVM

To get the most out of this book, the latest version of the JRockit JVM is required. For JRockit versions prior ...

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