Applications with plugin and container architectures need to be able to use two important features: dynamic configuration and runtime augmentation of platform modules. This means that such applications must be able to load new additional modules at runtime, bind them into the existing application’s configuration, and use them without the need to stop the application and compile it again. This type of application also needs to be able to load and configure other platform modules after a runtime image has been invoked. Jigsaw introduces such support in form of layers. Layers are one ...
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Alexandru Jecan, Java 9 Modularity Revealed, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2713-8_10
10. Advanced Topics
Alexandru Jecan1
(1)Munich, Germany
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