JVM Benefits

Learn about JVM benefits.

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.

    • jcmd <pid> ...