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Oct 25, 2020 jigsaw modules modularization JPMS

Update on the state of Java modularization

At the beginning of 2019, I wrote about the state of Java modularization. I took a sample of widespread libraries, and for each of them, I checked whether: It supports the module system i.e. it provides an automatic module name in the manifestIt’s a full-fledged module i.e. it provides a module-info The results were interesting. 14 out of those 29 libraries supported the module system, while 2 were modules in their own right. Nearly 2 years later, and with Java 16 looming around the cor

Nicolas Fränkel
Jan 6, 2019 jigsaw modules java 9

A hard look at the state of Java modularization

When Jigsaw was released with Java 9, it was the end of a long process - it had been postponed already - and it had to be released. With the coming of Java 11, the latest Long-Term Support, I think it’s a good time to take a snapshot of the state of modularization. I’ll use the Top 20 Libraries and APIs Java Developer should know as a reference, and check for each of them if the latest version: provides an automatic module nameor has a module-info In the first case, the JAR has a

Nicolas Fränkel
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