Exploring Java 9: Build Modularized Applications in Java

© Fu Cheng 2018

Fu ChengExploring Java 9https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3330-6_1

1. Introduction

Fu Cheng¹ 

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Auckland, New Zealand

 

Java SE 9 was released on September 21, 2017. It’s the first major release of the Java platform since Java SE 8 was released on March 18, 2014. The Java community has been waiting for this release for quite a long time. The release of Java 9 was delayed several times. In this release, the Java Platform Module System (JPMS), or Project Jigsaw, introduces a module system to the Java platform. Now we can create modular Java applications using Java 9. The contents of Java SE 9 can be found in JSR 379: Java^TM SE 9 Release Contents ( https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=379 ). When I’m talking about Java 9 in this book, ...