The Java Platform Module System (JPMS) is a code-level structure, so it doesn’t change the fact that we package Java into JAR files. Ultimately, everything is still bundled together in JAR files.

JEP 476, Module Import Declarations (Preview), was integrated into JDK 23. This preview feature proposes to enhance the Java programming language with the ability to succinctly import all of the packa ...

The Java Platform Module System was put in place with the release of Java SE 9, leading the way to decouple JavaFX from the JDK and make it available as a separate module, Oracle says.

First, developers can compile the modules (properly, one hopes), then tell the JVM how to resolve the modules and what entry point to use to run the modules. Wait -- those are the same steps. JPMS vs.

Java would be enhanced with the ability to succinctly import all packages exported by a module, under a proposal floating in the Java community. The plan would simplify the use of modular ...

Modules prove to be the solution At JavaOne 2017 it was discussed how the team turned to its tried and true method for solving difficult problems like modularity in Java. First, they identified the ...