yeah the impression I get from jigsaw is that it is really there for platform modularity - all the way to the metal, which is critical for a whole lot of JRE issues now and in the future.
Quite a different aim to OSGi (in fact you could use anything and totally ignore the jigsaw stuff and just enjoy the benefits of a trimmer platform). In generally I don't like the "do something from scratch versus using what is out there and proven" which seems common in JSRs, but in this case, it seems that it is such a deep thing that it is worth it. On Mar 26, 5:36 am, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jigsaw is the modularity planned to be built into the JDK. It's > purpose in life is to make the JRE modular. No other modules system, > including OSGI, has the ability to do that because they simply can't > work at a low enough level to make things work (such as JVM > changes). However, nothing in the proposal prevents other modules > systems from existing or from interoperating with Jigsaw. In fact, I > fully expect to see lots of new module systems, designed to address > different needs, built on top of Jigsaw. (Easy Maven integration would > be nice, for example). > > I have no comment on the IBM/HP/Oracle/Apple/McDonalds rumors. > > - J > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:29 AM, phil.swen...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > >http://neilbartlett.name/blog/2009/03/25/using-suns-jigsaw-may-get-yo... > > > jigsaw is core to Java 7 isn't it? If this guy is right, seems like > > Java 7 is going to be completely reworked if an acquisition happens. > > I think he's wrong of course. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
