any module that reads java.desktop also implicitly reads java.xml. If a method from the java.desktop module returns a type from java.xml, code that read java.desktop also becomes dependent on java.xml ...

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Mark Reinhold, Chief Architect of Java, took the stage during this year's keynote address at JavaOne to provide an update about Java 9. His JavaOne 2017 presentation highlighted the work his team put ...

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1. What is a Java Module? A module in Java is a collection of code organized into packages and resources that can be explicitly specified to be exposed or hidden. A module: Groups related classes and ...

The module system introduced in Java 9 makes it easier to organize your code. Here’s a brief guide to working with modules in Java Until Java 9, Java’s top-level code organization element had been the ...

Famous philosopher George Santayana once said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." In the case of the Java Platform Module System (JPMS), the past has most certainly ...

The latest version of the Gradle open-source build automation tool, just announced, comes with a number of upgrades, bug fixes, and highly anticipated support for building and testing Java modules, ...