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JVM 2001 Abstract
More Efficient Network Class Loading through Bundling
David Hovemeyer and William Pugh, University of Maryland
Abstract
In this paper, we describe bundling, a technique for the transfer
of files over a network. The goal of bundling is to group together files that tend
to be needed in the same program execution and that are loaded
close together. We describe an algorithm for dividing a collection of files
into bundles based on profiles of file-loading behavior.
Our motivation for bundling is to improve the performance of network
class loading in Java. We examine other network class loading mechanisms
and discuss their performance tradeoffs. Bundling is able to combine
the strengths of both on-demand strategies and archive-based
strategies. We present experimental results that show how bundling
can perform well in a variety of network conditions.
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