Software and Programmer Efficiency Research Group

In our analysis of the Java Unsafe API, we have investigated how Java's unsafe capabilities are used in real-world libraries and applications.

We have identified 14 different usage patterns of Java's unsafe capabilities, and we provide supporting evidence for why real-world code needs these capabilities. Our long-term goal is to provide a foundation for the design of new language features to regain safety in Java.

Source Repository

• Bitbucket

Artifact

• Auxiliary Archive (OOPSLA'15)

Publication

• Use at Your Own Risk: The Java Unsafe API in the Wild (OOPSLA'15)

Presentation Slides

• unsafe-oopsla15.pdf (OOPSLA'15)