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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" /><title>OpenJDK: Common VM Interface</title><link rel="shortcut icon" href="../../images/nanoduke.ico" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../page.css" /><script type="text/javascript" src="../../page.js"><noscript></noscript></script><script src="https://cdn.usefathom.com/script.js" data-site="KCYJJPZX" defer="yes"></script></head><body><div id="main"> <h1>Common VM Interface</h1> <p>The goal of this Project is to provide a documented VM interface for OpenJDK which will significantly lower the barrier for entry for both existing Classpath VMs and any other VMs that may wish to use OpenJDK in the future.</p> <p>This Project is sponsored by the <a href="/groups/hotspot/">HotSpot Group</a>.</p> <h2>Community</h2> <ul> <li>Mailing list <ul> <li><a href="https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/cvmi-dev">cvmi-dev</a> (<a href="https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/cvmi-dev/">archives</a>)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Bloggers <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.fuseyism.com/">Andrew John Hughes</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Links <ul> <li><a href="https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/challenge-discuss/2008-March/000084.html"> Proposal</a> as accepted for the <a href="https://openjdk.org/challenge/">OpenJDK Community Innovators' Challenge</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div><div id="sidebar"><div id="openjdk-sidebar-logo"><a href="/"><img alt="OpenJDK logo" src="../../images/openjdk-small.png" /></a></div><div class="links"><div class="link"><a href="/install/">Installing</a></div><div class="link"><a href="/guide/#contributing-to-an-openjdk-project">Contributing</a></div><div class="link"><a href="/guide/#reviewing-and-sponsoring-a-change">Sponsoring</a></div><div class="link"><a href="/guide/">Developers' Guide</a></div><div class="link"><a 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