Welcome to the Spotless System Page

It is the result of a Sun Microsystems Laboratories research project exploring the construction of small JVMs. It is not a supported product. It is not a complete implementation of the Java^TM programming language; it does not support the standard class libraries, and it does not pass the JCK compliance tests. Although KVM technology is derived from this system, this system is not compatible with the KVM, and should not be used in conjunction with the KVM.  For more information on the relationship between the KVM and Spotless, please see the FAQ.

It consists of a single Palm application that bundles together a virtual machine and a class manager. The class manager acts as the virtual machine's user interface. It shows the user the list of classes loaded on the Palm organizer, and lets the user select and run a class.

The demo applications, along with their associated Palm support classes, are packaged together in a single Palm database.

To read more about the Spotless system, read

• the technical report on the Spotless system,

• the postscript file of the technical report.

new spotless features and current bugs

Note: PalmPilot Personal and earlier devices do not have enough memory to run the Spotless system.

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26 January 2000