Inside the JavaOS operating system

Written by those involved with the JavaOS operating system from its inception, this book provides a comprehensive description of the operating system and explores its marketplace impact. The book beginswith a high-level overview of JavaOS architecture, and progresses deep into its specific components. You will find detailed coverage of the following:

• JavaOS System Database used to configure the operating system
  
• JavaOS event system, which supports automatic "plug-and-play" devices
  
• JavaOS Service Loader
  
• JavaOS device driver architecture and the JavaOS Device Interface
  
• JavaOS memory management architecture Interrupt processing and the abstraction model
  
• JavaOS microkernel
  
• JavaOS boot architecture and the JavaOS Boot Interface

In addition, the authors discuss how JavaOS software interacts with the Java Development Kit (JDK) and how it has the potential to reduce the amount of native code necessary to host the JDK(TM).

Table of contents :
Preface ..... xi
Acknowledgments ..... xv
Introduction ..... xvii
Chapter 1: Overview ..... 1
Chapter 2: The Database ..... 15
Chapter 3: The Event System ..... 47
Chapter 4: The Service Loader ..... 61
Chapter 5: Standard Device Support ..... 73
Chapter 6: Device Drivers ..... 89
Chapter 7: Memory ..... 109
Chapter 8: Interrupts ..... 127
Chapter 9: The Microkernel ..... 143
Chapter 10: Booting ..... 163
Index ..... 175