Revisiting the two problems

We started this chapter looking at two issues with the Java platform:

• The monolithic runtime
• The lack of API encapsulation features

Interestingly, the modularization of the Java platform provides solutions to both these problems.

Solving the monolithic runtime

There is a distinct advantage of knowing which platform modules your application belongs to. It is a clear indication of which platform modules it doesn't need--which is anything the modules in the application doesn't use! So, for example, if your application contains modules that only require the platform modules java.base and java.logging, you can essentially create a small subset of the Java platform consisting of just those...