JorthVM - A Java Virtual Machine written in Forth

GENERAL INFORMATION

JorthVM is an implementation of the Java Virual Machine written in Forth. join us at #JorthVM on irc.oftc.net !

USAGE

go into src/ and type `make', then you get the gforth prompt

look in ./src/jvm-test.fs for usage examples. (e.g. RunDemo)

IMPLEMENTED

• class loading, classfile parsing
• static field access and calling static methods o static initializer
• object instantiation: field access and method calling
• inheritance
• native calls, using forth words

TODO

• exception handling
• interfaces
• implmement more instructions
• more java.*;

SPECIFICATION

• The Java Virtual Machine Specification
• Forth JVM implementation documentation

DOCUMENTATION

JorthVM documentation is contained in this file as well as in HEADER.txt. These files are formated using the markdown markup language. A HTML version of the documentation can be created by make doc.

INSTALL

TODO

Requirements

• Gforth
• javac
• markdown (optional, for HTML documentation)
• qemu-kvm-extra (ubuntu; optional, for cross testing)

Compile & install

FIXME

Run unittests

Run make test.

WARNINGS

The program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.

LICENSING INFORMATION

Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Sebastian Rumpl, Bernhard Urban, Josef Eisl

Forth JVM is written by

• Sebastian Rumpl e0828489@student.tuwien.ac.at
• Bernhard Urban lewurm@gmail.com
• Josef Eisl zapster@zapster.cc