It never rains but it pours! Get some background on the long and winding road to Java modularity, then compare the two specification requests vying for inclusion in Java 7: JSR 291: Dynamic ...

Modularity is an important aspect of large Java systems. Build scripts and projects are often split up into modules in order to improve the build, but this is rarely taken into account at runtime ...

Java SE 7, due in summer 2009, features modularity in development and deployment. These capabilities are based on JSR 294, for improved modularity support, and JSR 277, for a Java Module System.

The fourth of the Modular Java series covers declarative modularity. It describes how components can be declaratively defined and wired together, without having a code dependency on OSGi APIs ...

Beyond Java EE 6, modularity will be key, according to the Oracle officials. OSGi, meanwhile, plays an important part of the Java ecosystem and Java platform overall, Harris said.

“The OSGi R7 release builds upon the long history of the OSGi Alliance’s leadership in Java modularity and delivers several new specifications and features for improving the developer ...