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Thread monitoring using shared memory

US7689989B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Jan Dostert · Schallstadt, DE
Christian Fleischer · Mannheim, DE
Frank Kilian · Mannheim, DE
Petio Petev · Sofia, BG
Randolf Werner · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2004
Grant date	Mar 30, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/5018
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method to monitor worker threads within a Java virtual machine. At least one program is executed on the Java virtual machine to perform a task. A worker thread of the Java virtual machine is assigned to perform the task. Status information for the worker thread is generated and reported into memory external to the Java virtual machine to enable monitoring of the worker thread from external to the Java virtual machine.

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