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Java 9, OSGi and the Future of Modularity (Part 2) by InfoQ (October 4, 2016) Concerns Regarding Jigsaw (JSR 376, Java Platform Module System) by Scott Stark (April 14, 2017) ...
Today, the results of the JCP Executive Committee vote on JSR-376 (Java Platform Module System, commonly known as Jigsaw), was published on the Java Community Process page. There were 10 votes for the ...
IBM has chimed in that it, too, has reservations about the module plan and would vote against the public draft of the Java Platform Module System featured in JSR 376. According to Oracle, both JSR ...
JSR 277 (the Java Module System) and JSR 291 (Dynamic Component Support for Java SE) were introduced to bring Java modularity to the Java platform proper. Both are vying for inclusion in Java 7.
As a rank-and-file Java developer, I view the Java module system as a failure. JPMS does what it says on the tin -- it's something Java needed -- but it repeats the failures of the Open Service ...
Voting on JSR-376, the Java Platform Module System (JPMS), thirteen JCP members voted ‘no,’ while 10 voted ‘yes.’ Unlike US elections, the Java Community Process (JCP) does not employ an ‘electoral ...
With this release, Gradle supports the Java Module System with everything needed compile and execute tests for Java modules. Devs can also build Javadoc and run applications. "While there is some ...
IBM has created a module to handle Java for its mainframe computers and has come out with a budget system for midsize companies to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the mainframe. The zSeries ...
The latest version of the Gradle open-source build automation tool, just announced, comes with a number of upgrades, bug fixes, and highly anticipated support for building and testing Java modules, ...