High-level real-time programming in Java

Real-time systems have reached a level of complexity beyond the scaling capability of the low-level or restricted languages traditionally used for real-time programming. While Metronome garbage collection has made it practical to use Java to implement real-time systems, many challenges remain for the construction of complex real-time systems, some specific to the use of Java and others simply due to the change in scale of such systems. The goal of our research is the creation of a comprehensive Java-based programming environment and methodology for the creation of complex real-time systems. Our goals include construction of a provably correct real-time garbage collector capable of providing worst case latencies of 100 µs, capable of scaling from sensor nodes up to large multiprocessors; specialized programming constructs that retain the safety and simplicity of Java, and yet provide sub-microsecond latencies; the extension of Java’s “write once, run anywhere” principle from fu...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: EMSOFT
• Authors: David F. Bacon, Perry Cheng, David Grove, Michael Hind, V. T. Rajan, Eran Yahav, Matthias Hauswirth, Christoph M. Kirsch, Daniel Spoonhower, Martin T. Vechev
• Keywords: Complex Real-time Systems, EMSOFT 2005, Programming Languages, Real-time Systems