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Welcome to Interactive Illustrations,
a web companion to the book Inside the Java 2 Virtual Machine
by Bill Venners. These web pages contain Java applets that interactively
illustrate the concepts presented in the text of the book.
The Book
Inside the Java 2 Virtual Machine describes the Java
virtual machine, the abstract computer on which all Java programs run, and
several core Java APIs that are intimately related to the virtual
machine. Through a combination of tutorial explanations, working examples,
reference material, and applets that interactively illustrate the concepts
presented in the text, this book provides an in-depth, technical survey of
Java's architecture and internals.
The Applets
Links to the Java applets that serve as interactive illustrations to Inside the Java 2 Virtual Machine are given here:
- Eternal Math
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a few bytecodes that perform some basic mathematical operations.
- Getting Loaded
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine loading a class file.
- Heap of Fish
-- A simulation of a garbage-collected heap.
- Fibonacci Forever
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that generate the Fibonacci series.
- Conversion Diversion
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that perform type conversion.
- Inner Int
-- An applet that demonstrates two's-complement integers.
- Prime Time
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that generates prime numbers.
- Logical Results
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that demonstrates logic operations.
- Inner Float
-- An applet that demonstrates IEEE 754 floating point numbers.
- Circle of Squares
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that performs floating point arithmetic.
- Three Dimensional Array
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that allocates and initializes a three-dimensional array.
- Saying Tomato
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that performs table jumps.
- Play Ball!
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that throws and catches an exception.
- Hop Around
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that uses finally clauses.
- Slices of Pi
-- A simulation of a Java virtual machine executing a sequence of bytecodes that calculates pi.
Click here to view a page of links to the source code of these applets.
The Internet
Here are several links to related sites on the World Wide Web:
- The
Resources Page
-- For links to more information about the material presented in Inside
the Java 2 Virtual Machine, check out The Resources Page.
- McGraw-Hill
-- Inside the Java 2 Virtual Machine is published by McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-135093-4.
- JavaWorld
-- Portions of the Interactive Illustrations were derived from
articles written by Bill Venners and first published in the column
"Under The Hood" in JavaWorld, a division of Web Publishing,
Inc., June 1996 through October 1997.
- artima.com
-- Bill Venners is the author and webmaster of artima.com, a resource
for Java and Jini developers. You
can reach him at bv@artima.com.
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