Quick review of Project Jigsaw
Project Jigsaw is the Java project that encompasses several change recommendations to the Java platform. As you have read in earlier chapters, Java 9's greatest changes involve modules and modularity. The initiative to move to modules in Java was driven by Project Jigsaw. The need for modularity stemmed from two major challenges with Java:
- Classpath
- JDK
Next, we will review both of those challenges and see how they were addressed and overcome with the new release to the Java platform, Java 9.
Classpath
Prior to Java 9, the classpath was problematic and the source of developer anguish. This was evident in the numerous developer forums and, fortunately, Oracle was paying attention. Here are the several instances in which the classpath can be problematic; here are two primary cases:
- The first case involves having two or more versions of a library on your development computer. The way this was previously handled by the Java system was inconsistent. Which library was...
