GC Interface in the EVM¹, The

This document describes how to write a garbage collector (GC) for the EVM. It assumes that the reader has a good understanding of garbage collection issues and some familiarity with the Java^TM language. The EVM is part of a research project at Sun Labs. The interfaces described in this document are under development and are guaranteed to change. In fact, the purpose of this document is to solicit feedback to improve the interfaces described herein. As a result, specific product plans should not be based on this document; everything is expected to change.¹EVM, the Java virtual machine known previously as ExactVM, is embedded in Sun's Java 2 SDK Production Release for Solaris^TM, available at http://www.sun.com/solaris/java/.