Compile time variable size paging of constant pools

A method for accessing, in volatile memory, items from a set of items associated with a program unit, the method including the steps of:

• when said program unit is loaded for execution, loading the set of items into a plurality of pages, wherein boundaries between said plurality of pages are indicated by metadata that is generated when said program unit is compiled, such that no item of said plurality of items is split between two or more of said plurality of pages;
• receiving a request to access a first item of said set of items;
• and
• locating said first item in one of said plurality of pages;
• and
• wherein the program unit includes one or more routines, instructions for executing said one or more routines, and data related to the execution of the one or more routines.

A method for accessing, in volatile memory, items from a set of items associated with a program unit, the method including the steps of:

• when said program unit is loaded for execution, generating a page mapping based on metadata, wherein
• said metadata indicates an item size for each of said plurality of items, and
• said page mapping indicates a division of said set of items into a plurality of pages, wherein no item of said plurality of items spans two or more pages of said plurality of pages;
• receiving a request to access a first item of said set of items;
• and
• locating said first item based on said page mapping;
• and
• wherein the program unit includes one or more routines, instructions for executing said one or more routines, and data related to the execution of the one or more routines.

A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for determining the division of a set of items into a plurality of pages, said set of items being associated with a program unit, wherein the execution of the one or more sequences of the one or more instructions causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• when the program unit is compiled, generating metadata that indicates the division of said set of items into a plurality of pages, wherein said set of items includes a plurality of items and no item of said plurality of items spans two or more pages of said plurality of pages;
• and
• storing said metadata for use when said program unit is executed;
• and
• wherein the program unit includes one or more routines, instructions for executing said one or more routines, and data related to the execution of the one or more routines.

A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for accessing, in volatile memory, items from a set of items associated with a program unit, wherein the execution of the one or more sequences of the one or more instructions causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• when said program unit is loaded for execution, loading the set of items into a plurality of pages, wherein boundaries between said plurality of pages are indicated by metadata that is generated when said program unit is compiled, such that no item of said plurality of items is split between two or more of said plurality of pages;
• and
• receiving a request to access a first item of said set of items;
• and
• locating said first item in one of said plurality of pages;
• and
• wherein the program unit includes one or more routines, instructions for executing said one or more routines, and data related to the execution of the one or more routines.

A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for accessing, volatile memory, items from a set of items associated with a program unit, wherein the execution of the one or more sequences of the one or more instructions causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• when said program unit is loaded for execution, generating a page mapping based on metadata, wherein:
• said metadata indicates an item size for each of said plurality of items, and
• said page mapping indicates a division of said set of items into a plurality of pages, wherein no item of said plurality of items spans two or more pages of said plurality of pages;
• receiving a request to access a first item from said set of items;
• and
• locating said first item based on said page mapping;
• and
• wherein the program unit includes one or more routines, instructions for executing said one or more routines, and data related to the execution of the one or more routines.