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Re: Jigsaw

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On 4/24/2017 11:15 AM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 10:44:28 AM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Java classes are loaded when they are needed, so I would assume no
>> changes to classes loaded.
>>
>> In theory it should be possible to create a JRE subset with only
>> some modules.
>>
>> I don't think the Java license permits it.
>>
>> I don't think there is much point. Given todays network speeds and
>> disk sizes the JRE is relative small.
>>
>> I assume they have done the split for the same reasons other would
>> want to use the module system. To decouple things better and make
>> it easier to maintain.
>
> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/
>
> The first stated goal was to scale down to fit a Java on smaller
> devices.  I'm not sure how much space a JRE takes up or what sort of
> devices you'd need to be able to fit just part of the JRE.

I believe a full JRE is still less than 200 MB. Should not be
a problem in EE or SE world.

But maybe there is a case in embedded (SE Embedded) space.

> I'm not sure if this "jigsaw" is the same JRE classes broken up to
> different jars, or how this accomplishes the other stated goals of
> improving security, maintainability, and application performance.

The modular split and the dependency management can certainly
improve things for large systems.

Arne

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Re: Jigsaw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-04-20 21:37 -0400
  Re: Jigsaw omegajunior <omegajunior@protonmail.com> - 2017-04-24 08:45 -0400
    Re: Jigsaw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-04-24 10:44 -0400
      Re: Jigsaw Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-24 08:15 -0700
        Re: Jigsaw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-04-24 11:29 -0400
          Re: Jigsaw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-04-24 11:29 -0400
          Re: Jigsaw omegajunior <omegajunior@protonmail.com> - 2017-04-26 18:32 -0400
            Re: Jigsaw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-04-26 19:49 -0400
        Re: Jigsaw Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-04-24 11:51 -0400
          Re: Jigsaw omegajunior <omegajunior@protonmail.com> - 2017-04-26 18:37 -0400
            Re: Jigsaw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-04-26 19:49 -0400
            Re: Jigsaw Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-04-27 07:42 -0400

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