This Book's Audience

This manual has been written for the developer of software for embedded and time-critical applications using the Java programming language. A good understanding of the Java language is expected from the reader, while a certain familiarity with the specific problems that arise in embedded and realtime system development is also helpful.

This manual explains the use of the JamaicaVM tools and the specific features of the Jamaica realtime virtual machine. It is not a programming guidebook that explains the use of the standard libraries or extensions such as the Real-Time Specification for Java. Please refer to the JavaDoc documentation of these libraries provided with JamaicaVM.