Squawk virtual machine

Squawk is a Java micro edition virtual machine for embedded system and small devices. Most virtual machines for the Java platform are written in low level native languages such as C/C++ and assembler; what makes Squawk different is that Squawk's core is mostly written in Java (this is called a meta-circular interpreter). A Java implementation provides ease of portability, and integration of virtual machine and application resources such as objects, threads, and operating-system interfaces.

Squawk
Developer(s)Sun Microsystems
Initial releaseApril 2002 (2002-04)
Repositorygithub.com/tomatsu/squawk
Written inC and Java
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeJava Virtual Machine
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitejava.net/projects/squawk/pages/SquawkDevelopment
Visual comparison with HotSpot

The Squawk Virtual Machine figure can be simplified as:

  • Write as much of the VM in Java as possible
  • Targeting small, resource constrained devices
  • Enable Java for micro-embedded development

The research project was inspired by Squeak. Squawk has a Java ME heritage and features a small memory footprint.[1] It was developed to be simple with minimal external dependencies. Its simplicity made it portable and easy to debug and maintain. Squawk also provides an isolated mechanism by which an application is represented as an object. In Squawk, one or more applications can run in the single JVM. Conceptually, each application is completely isolated from all other applications.

See also

References
  1. A Java Virtual Machine Architecture for Very Small Devices Archived February 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine


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