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Performance Enhancements

The following list describes the performance enhancements made to the JDK for the 1.1 release:

• Interpreter loop in assembly code on Win32 and Solaris/SPARC
  Since portions of the Java VM have been rewritten in assembly language, the resulting VM now runs up to five times faster on certain operations.

• Monitor speedups
  Synchronized methods enable operations to run more quickly and efficiently.

• Garbage collection of classes
  This enhancement automatically discards unused classes. Improved overall VM memory usage enables Java to operate more efficiently, and with less memory.

• AWT peer class rewrite for Win32
  To achieve higher performance, AWT peer native classes have been completely rewritten to be hosted running on top of Win32.

• JAR (Java ARchive) bundling of resources for a single HTTP transaction
  JAR is a new JDK 1.1 platform-independent file format that aggregates many files into one. See JAR File Format.

Where to Find Documentation

• For JDK performance measurements, see Performance Measurements on the JavaSoft website.

• You might also be interested in the Performance Enhancements planned for the next major release of the JDK.

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