The Application Isolation API (
JSR 121) provides a specification for isolating and controlling
Java application life cycles within a single
Java Virtual Machine
A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a virtual machine that enables a computer to run Java programs as well as programs written in other languages that are also compiled to Java bytecode. The JVM is detailed by a specification that formally describes ...
(JVM) or between multiple JVMs. An isolated computation is described as an Isolate that can communicate and exchange
resource handles (e.g. open files) with other Isolates through a messaging facility.
External links
JSR 121: Application Isolation API Specification
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