Our project has around 45 jar libraries and we currently using
split-packages as simplest modularization concept. It's a desktop
project with different kind of controls - all have in common that they
are located in the same package e.g. 'com.swing'. So users can add only
required libraries to their project. However, in Jigsaw the
split-package concept is not supported - so we have to completely rework
our package structure. This means:
- the new package structure will become more complicated because we have
to add new packages
- our API isn't backward compatible
- our users have to rework their applications
- our users have to learn the new API (package structure)
So how likely is it that split packages will be supported in the near
future?
- Wolfgang
