Rusty JVM

An experiment to create a JVM in Rust.

Sources

• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se6/html/VMSpecTOC.doc.html

Status

• [X] parse classfiles
• [X] decode instructions
• [-] implement instructions
  • [X] implement conversions
  • [X] implement arithmetic
  • [X] implement constants
  • [X] implement jumps and conditionals
  • [-] implement method invocation
    • [X] INVOKESTATIC
    • [ ] INVOKEINTERFACE
    • [X] INVOKESPECIAL
      • [X] implement basics
      • [X] implement ACC_SUPER-flag
    • [X] INVOKEVIRTUAL
  • [-] implement objects
    • [X] implement object creation
    • [X] implement arrays
    • [ ] implement strings
  • [X] implement casts
  • [-] implement field access
    • [X] instance fields
    • [ ] static fields
  • [ ] implement class initialization methods
  • [ ] implement other instructions
• [X] setup tests with real jvm
• [ ] implement tableswitch and lookup switch
• [ ] exceptions
• [ ] garbage collection
• [ ] integrate with GNU Classpath
• [ ] classfile verification
  • [ ] handle circular dependencies, inheritance…
  • [ ] check other stuff
• [ ] synchronisation