Is it possible to preload JVM to make starting of little one-shot java applications faster?
Expected algorithm:
- You start JVM without actual application (only telling it to load some jars), it loads and listens a socket and waits in a background.
- When you start the application (
preloaded_java -cp /usr/share/java/....jar:. qqq.jar
) it connects to the existing loaded JVM, loads additional jars (if any) and executes main class. -
preloaded_java
just routes input and output and handles interrupts etc.
Update Implemented a proof of concept: http://vi-server.org/vi/code/prejvm/
$ clojure prejvm.clj&
[1] 2883
$ nc 127.0.0.1 7711 <<< '{"mainclass" "test.Hello"}'
$ nc 127.0.0.1 7712
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: test.Hello
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
...
at clojure.main.main(main.java:37)
$ nc 127.0.0.1 7711 <<< '{"classpaths" ["file:///home/vi/code/prejvm/"], "mainclass" "test.Hello"}'
$ nc 127.0.0.1 7712
Hello, world; number of args is 0
qwe q e32e qda
qwe q e32e qda
$ nc 127.0.0.1 7711 <<< '{"classpaths" ["file:///home/vi/code/prejvm/"], "mainclass" "test.Hello", "argv" ["qqq" "www" "eee"]}'
$ nc 127.0.0.1 7712
Hello, world; number of args is 3
sdfasdfasf df sad
sdfasdfasf df sad
Update 2: Found answer myself: Nailgun server (from VimClojure).
Solution 1:
Use Nailgun Server:
Start it:
java -classpath /usr/share/java/clojure.jar:/usr/share/java/clojure-contrib.jar com.martiansoftware.nailgun.NGServer 127.0.0.1
Use it:
$ ng clojure.main
Clojure 1.2.0
user=>
$ ng test.Hello sdf sdf sdf
Hello, world; number of args is 3
sdfsdf
sdfsdf
It can be obtained with VimClojure: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2501