[SR-Users] Kamailio-Java Integration

[Alex Balashov]

On 11/24/2012 05:56 PM, Jeremy Ardley wrote:

> A problem with Java is garbage collection. Every now and then the
> application slows down. This is not good for real-time applications
> requiring millisecond precision.

While SIP requires sub-second precision, it does not require millisecond 
precision.  :-)

In any case, garbage collection is definitely a problem, but there are 
ways of optimising the JVM's GC behaviour to be more or less favourable 
to the task.

> There are plenty of other problems with Java as well - startup is
> usually very slow. Applications are almost always bloated. And the
> Java programming culture of 'throw more iron at it' inevitably
> produces yet more bloat.

That is definitely true, though one might argue that this is a cultural 
problem rather than an innate Java problem.

In any case, I am not a Java programmer and am not defending Java, so 
please don't misconstrue my stance.  I'm just saying that it might not 
be _wholly_ unsuitable to the task.

I do not think, and have never thought, that Java is an ideal language 
in which to implement SIP call processing.

-- Alex

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