State Capture and Resource Control for Java: The Design and Implementation of the Aroma Virtual Machine

Current versions of Java fail to address many of the unique challenges posed by the new generation of distributed applications and mobile agent systems. Aroma is a Java-compatible Virtual Machine (VM) that provides unique features such as the ability to capture the full execution state of the VM or individual thread execution state, and the ability to dynamically control disk, network, and CPU resources. This paper describes the design and implementation of the Aroma VM focusing on the features of the VM that support state capture and resource control.