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Modular Programming in Java 9

You're reading from   Modular Programming in Java 9 Build large scale applications using Java modularity and Project Jigsaw

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787126909
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Koushik Srinivas Kothagal Koushik Srinivas Kothagal
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Preface 1. Introducing Java 9 Modularity 2. Creating Your First Java Module FREE CHAPTER 3. Handling Inter-Module Dependencies 4. Introducing the Modular JDK 5. Using Platform APIs 6. Module Resolution, Readability, and Accessibility 7. Introducing Services 8. Understanding Linking and Using jlink 9. Module Design Patterns and Strategies 10. Preparing Your Code for Java 9 11. Migrating Your Code to Java 9 12. Using Build Tools and Testing Java Modules

Introducing the sample Java 8 application

We will be using a sample Java 8 code base to try migrating to Java 9. It's a command-line shopping bag utility. When you run the application, it prompts you to add items to your shopping bag. Once you've added all the items and you are done, you type end. The application then displays a consolidated shopping list of items that you've added. The application is intentionally simple, but it gives us a good starting point to work through the migration.

Here's a screenshot of the application in action:

The application consists of three classes in three different packages:

  • The ShoppingBag class: It contains a method to add items to a shopping bag, and one to pretty print the contents of the bag. The class uses the Bag data structure from the Apache Commons Collections library. Think of this data structure as something...
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