SHARING LOADED JAVA CLASSES AMONG A PLURALITY OF NODES

• US 20090125611A1
• Filed: 11/08/2007
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Darrington, David L., Barsness, Eric L., Santosuosso, John M., Peters, Amanda
• Application Number:
  US11/937,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20090125611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44563 Sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for sharing loaded Java classes among a plurality of nodes connected together for data communications using a data communication network, the plurality of nodes including an execution node and other nodes, that include: executing, by the execution node, a Java application, including identifying a Java class utilized for the Java application; determining, by the execution node, whether the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes; retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes; and executing, by the execution node, the Java application using the loaded Java class retrieved from the other nodes.

Claims

1. A method of sharing loaded Java classes among a plurality of nodes connected together for data communications using a data communication network, the plurality of nodes including an execution node and other nodes, the method comprising:

executing, by the execution node, a Java application, including identifying a Java class utilized for the Java application;

determining, by the execution node, whether the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes;

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes; and

executing, by the execution node, the Java application using the loaded Java class retrieved from the other nodes.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising tracking, by the execution node, runtime class loading information for the Java application during execution of the Java application, the runtime class loading information specifying Java classes utilized for the Java application during runtime.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, by at least one of the other nodes prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, runtime class loading information for the Java application, the runtime class loading information specifying Java classes utilized for the Java application during runtime; and

loading, by that other node prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, the Java class for utilization by the Java application on the execution node in response to receiving the runtime class loading information.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

analyzing, by at least one of the other nodes prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, the Java application to determine Java classes utilized for the Java application; and

loading, by that other node prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, the Java class for utilization by the Java application on the execution node in response to determining the Java classes utilized for the Java application.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the method further comprises determining, by the execution node, node utilization for the other nodes that already loaded the Java class; and

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes further comprises retrieving the loaded Java class from the other nodes in dependence upon the node utilization for the other nodes.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the method further comprises determining, by the execution node, network utilization for the data communications network; and

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes further comprises retrieving the loaded Java class from the other nodes in dependence upon the network utilization.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of nodes are comprised in a parallel computer and connected together using a plurality of data communications networks, at least one of the plurality of data communications networks optimized for point to point operations, and at least one of the plurality of data communications networks optimized for collective operations.

8. A parallel computer capable of sharing loaded Java classes among a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes are comprised in the parallel computer and connected together using a plurality of data communications networks, at least one of the plurality of data communications networks optimized for point to point operations, and at least one of the plurality of data communications networks optimized for collective operations, the plurality of nodes including an execution node and other nodes, the execution node comprising a computer processor and computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory for the execution node having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

executing, by the execution node, a Java application, including identifying a Java class utilized for the Java application;

determining, by the execution node, whether the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes;

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes; and

executing, by the execution node, the Java application using the loaded Java class retrieved from the other nodes.

9. The parallel computer of claim 8 wherein the computer memory for the execution node has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of tracking, by the execution node, runtime class loading information for the Java application during execution of the Java application, the runtime class loading information specifying Java classes utilized for the Java application during runtime.

10. The parallel computer of claim 8 wherein:

the computer memory for the execution node has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of determining, by the execution node, node utilization for the other nodes that already loaded the Java class; and

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes further comprises retrieving the loaded Java class from the other nodes in dependence upon the node utilization for the other nodes.

11. The parallel computer of claim 8 wherein:

the computer memory for the execution node has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of determining, by the execution node, network utilization for the data communications network; and

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes further comprises retrieving the loaded Java class from the other nodes in dependence upon the network utilization.

12. A computer program product for sharing loaded Java classes among a plurality of nodes connected together for data communications using a data communication network, the plurality of nodes including an execution node and other nodes, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:

executing, by the execution node, a Java application, including identifying a Java class utilized for the Java application;

determining, by the execution node, whether the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes;

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes; and

executing, by the execution node, the Java application using the loaded Java class retrieved from the other nodes.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising computer program instructions capable of tracking, by the execution node, runtime class loading information for the Java application during execution of the Java application, the runtime class loading information specifying Java classes utilized for the Java application during runtime.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising computer program instructions capable of:

receiving, by at least one of the other nodes prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, runtime class loading information for the Java application, the runtime class loading information specifying Java classes utilized for the Java application during runtime; and

loading, by that other node prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, the Java class for utilization by the Java application on the execution node in response to receiving the runtime class loading information.

15. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising computer program instructions capable of:

analyzing, by at least one of the other nodes prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, the Java application to determine Java classes utilized for the Java application; and

loading, by that other node prior to executing the Java application on the execution node, the Java class for utilization by the Java application on the execution node in response to determining the Java classes utilized for the Java application.

16. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein:

the computer program products further comprises computer program instructions capable of determining, by the execution node, node utilization for the other nodes that already loaded the Java class; and

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes further comprises retrieving the loaded Java class from the other nodes in dependence upon the node utilization for the other nodes.

17. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein:

the computer program products further comprises computer program instructions capable of determining, by the execution node, network utilization for the data communications network; and

retrieving, by the execution node, the loaded Java class from the other nodes if the Java class is already loaded on at least one of the other nodes further comprises retrieving the loaded Java class from the other nodes in dependence upon the network utilization.

18. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the plurality of nodes are comprised in a parallel computer and connected together using a plurality of data communications networks, at least one of the plurality of data communications networks optimized for point to point operations, and at least one of the plurality of data communications networks optimized for collective operations.

19. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a recordable medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a transmission medium.