Java Platform Performance

Book excerpt: Drawing on the authors knowledge of the Java programming language and their extensive experience working on performance issues, the book reveals common mistakes and misconceptions concerning the performance characteristics of Java technologies. It offers overall development strategies and concrete, battle-tested techniques to dramatically improve the performance of applications constructed with the Java programming language. Java Platform Performance highlights the importance of integrating performance evaluation into the application development process and discusses measurement techniques. The book then presents practical tactics for enhancing application performance in the areas of I/O, RAM footprint, small object management, algorithms, data structures, Swing, and deployment. Specific topics covered include: *Incorporating performance evaluation into the development process *Profiling and benchmarking *Building scalable, fast Swing GUIs *Using high-speed I/O *Computing and controlling the RAM footprint *Reducing the number of classes *Eliminating temporary objects *Selecting high-performance algorithms and data structures *Using Java native code and applet packaging efficiently