This article provides an overview of proposals, specifications, and platforms aimed at making Java technology more modular in Java 9. I’ll discuss factors contributing to the need for a more modular ...

The lack of an effective modular programming model has frustrated Java developers since the Java platform’s infancy. Until recently no single solution had stuck. In this article, Jeff Hanson explains ...

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At the EclipseCon conference, Mark Reinhold, Java platform chief architect at Oracle, laid out the roadmap for Java 9, which could mean better modularity and new value types. Improved modularity could ...

Modular Java, due in Java 9, makes for a sleeker footprint, while Safety-Critical Java targets secure real-time systems It’s full speed ahead for modular and real-time Java efforts early in the new ...

This course introduces the Java module system and other new features originally introduced in Java SE 9, and ultimately impacting Java SE 11. These features, especially modularity, are among the most ...

Module system is one of the biggest changes to Java ever. HTTP/2 Client, updates to Stream APIs, Collection Factories are additional features. Creating modules Working with Modules Services in a ...

A Java modularity specification has failed to pass in a vote by Java executive committee members, leaving the future of the technology in question. The issue could hold up the planned July 27 release ...