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 ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Can you believe all of this drama surrounding Project Jigsaw and the Java modularity debate? I ...

JSR-294 and modules-dev mailing lists suggesting some changes to the logic supplied in the strawman proposal for JSR-294 'superpackages', and has received some positive feedback from Doug Lea: [The ...

He then surveys the two JSRs that propose to bring modularity to Java 7 — JSR 291: Dynamic Component Support for Java SE and JSR 277: Java Module System. Both would bring the programming model ...

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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 ...

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The OSGi Alliance announces that the OSGi Core Release 7 and Compendium Release 7 Specifications (R7) are available for download. Developers can now use these new ...

Two executives from Oracle -- one veteran, one newly acquired -- kicked off the annual EclipseCon conference, underway this week in Santa Clara, Calif., with a keynote Tuesday focusing on the future ...

As Oracle has been prone to do for the past nine months, company officials Tuesday pledged a strong commitment to Java technology. They even offered glimpses of a modular future for the platform.