J
- J character
- field descriptor meaning, 91
- Java
- concepts, (chapter), 5
- digits, 6
- letters, 6
- Virtual Machine, See Java Virtual Machine;
- java.io package
- java.io.DataInput interface
- class file data format support by, 83
- readInt method, class file data type support by, 83
- readUnsignedByte method, class file data type support by, 83
- readUnsignedShort method, class file data type support by, 83
- java.io.DataInputStream class, class file data format support by, 83
- java.io.DataOutput interface, class file data format support by, 83
- java.io.DataOutputStream class, class file data format support by, 83
- java.lang package
- java.lang.Object class, as interpretation of zero value for super_class item (ClassFile structure), 87
- java.lang.String
- CONSTANT_String_info structure representation, syntax and item descriptions, 96
- string literals, constant pool resolution of, 148
- Java Virtual Machine
- assembly language, format, 340
- compiling for, (chapter), 339
- life cycle, 40
- startup, 40
- structure of, (chapter), 57
- unrecoverable runtime exceptions associated with, 39
- JIT (Just-In-Time) code generation
- Java Virtual Machine implementation issues, 82, 339
- jsr instruction, 280
- constraints
- static, 119
- structural, 124
- in Java Virtual Machine assembly language examples, compiling finally, 367, 368
- returnAddress type used by, 60
- try-finally clause implementation use, Sun's Java compiled code characteristics, 134
- jsr_w instruction, 281
- constraints
- static, 119
- structural, 124
- returnAddress type used by, 60
- jump table
- access
- by index and jump, tableswitch, 335
- by key match and jump, lookupswitch, 300
- alignment concerns, 111
- jump to subroutine instructions
- constraints, static, 119
- jsr, 280
- wide index, jsr_w, 281
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