Understanding Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Caching in Java

Java applications have traditionally relied heavily on runtime class loading, linking, interpretation, profiling, and Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation. These mechanisms provide excellent long-running performance, but they also introduce startup and warm-up costs. The Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Cache introduced in modern Java releases addresses part of this problem by allowing the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)…