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JVM Benefits

Explore the new JVM features introduced in Java 7 such as Java Mission Control, improved garbage collection, runtime compiler enhancements, and asynchronous I/O. Understand how these updates improve performance, monitoring, and concurrency to help you optimize Java applications.

New features in JVM

Java 7 adds some new features to the JVM, the language, and the runtime libraries.

The JVM has the following new features:

  • Serviceability features (JRockit/hotspot convergence):

    • Java Mission Control (monitor, manage, profile)
    • Java Flight Recorder (profiling, problem analysis, debugging) (in progress)
  • jdk introspection:

    • jcmd: The list running java processes.

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