Modules are the main building block of JPMS. Modules are similar to JARs, but have additional characteristics, such as:
Module Name: A unique name to identify globally; a name can be defined by using inverse-URL naming convention
Declare dependencies for other modules
Declaration of API that needs to export as packages
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