In Java 9, thanks to Jigsaw there is now a modular system that replaces Classpath, as a more optimized, developer-intuitive model to specify package and library locations.

The first early access builds of JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw, the initiative that's bringing modularity to the Java platform, are now available for download.

Java, the 14-year-old language and application platform founded by Sun Microsystems, is set to take on a more modular approach with the planned Java SE Development Kit 7 upgrade to the platform ...

Programming code is a specification and architecture for the development and deployment of distributed server side, transactional and secure application components. Application developers focus on ...

Amid a budding controversy surrounding the module system planned for Java, Oracle’s chief Java architect, Mark Reinhold, lashed out today at Red Hat and IBM’s opposition, saying the companies ...

Java 9 will eventually see the light of day in 2016 instead of its expected release this year. So far, it's shaping up to be a very different beast compared to the versions that came before it.