Impact

The GC interface will affect other JavaServer Pages (JSPs). It will help to deprecate the Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) garbage collector (GC) (JEP 291). With the GC interface, a GC can be isolated in the base code.

A GC interface will also help to lower the impact of the introduction of a new GC in HotSpot. For example, it will help to lower the intrusiveness of the changes made by the Shenandoah (JEP 189) GC.

In the next section, let's see how the changes with the G1 GC are helping to make applications more responsive.