Robert Field

Robert Field is the lead engineer on the JShell project, he previously worked on the design and compiler/runtime implementation of Lambda expressions for the Java language (JDK8). Robert lead the JavaFX Script compiler project. He was Specification Lead for JSR-163: Java Platform Profiling Architecture which included the creation of the java.lang.instrument package and JVM Tool Interface (JVMTI). He was the architect and lead of the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA) which includes the Java Debug Interface (JDI), the Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP), and the JVM Debug Interface (JVMDI). He invented Doclets for javadoc.