Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: omegajunior Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Jigsaw Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 08:45:58 -0400 (EDT) Organization: nntp.aioe.org Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: uUHSi4sRp4geVauWYo0Ztg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: PiaoHong.Usenet.Client.Free:1.65 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:36513 Arne Vajhøj Wrote in message: > On 4/20/2017 9:10 PM, Stefan Ram wrote: >> No, my post is not about Scott Stark's blog entry, >> but rather about this sentence: >> >> »The previously monolithic runtime library rt.jar is >> now split up in Java 9.« >> ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ >> Didn't I hear that some years before? Wait! >> Yes - here it is: >> >> »Java SE 6 Update 10 consists of several technologies >> that improve the user experience related to installing >> the JRE, and to deploying and running rich-client Java >> (and JavaFX) programs: · Java Kernel Online Installer >> - The JRE is now divided into small bundles.«. >> ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ > > Not the same. > > The Java Kernel Online Installer are able to download the > JRE in distinct chunks, but when everything is downloaded > the result is exactly as for a normal download including > a single rt.jar. > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/kernel-135055.html > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/6u10faq-jsp-137957.html#JKernel > > The Java 9 split in modules actually end up with multiple > module files in the JRE installation. > > Arne > > > I've read about this. Does the separation imply independent distribution? Or independent (and hopefully reduced) class loading? Both? Neither? -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/