July 2012 - java-se-8-spec-observers

Modularity in Java SE 8
by mark.reinhold＠oracle.com 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

The Java SE 8 Umbrella Platform JSR, as submitted, proposes to integrate a module system directly into the Platform [1]. This would ease the construction and maintenance of large applications, finally allowing developers to escape the "JAR hell" of the brittle and error-prone class-path mechanism. It would also enable the Platform itself to be modularized, so as to support customizable configurations which scale from large servers down to small embedded devices and, in the long term, enable the convergence of Java SE with the higher-end Java ME Platforms. Initial exploratory work toward these goals has been going on in Project Jigsaw in the OpenJDK Community [2]. Steady progress is being made but some significant technical challenges remain, and there is considerable risk that these will not be resolved in time for the proposed Final Release of Java SE 8 in August 2013. There is, more importantly, not enough time left for the broad evaluation, review, and feedback which such a profound change to the Platform demands, both via this JSR (337) and, primarily, a forthcoming JSR to define a standard Java Platform Module System. I therefore propose to defer the addition of a module system and the modularization of the Platform to Java SE 9. This is by no means a pleasant choice, but I think it's preferable to delaying Java SE 8 until the modularity work is complete. This change will slow the long-term effort to converge the Java SE and Java ME Platforms. I therefore further propose that in Java SE 8 we consider defining a small number of Profiles which will, in the meantime, allow compact configurations of the SE Platform to be defined and deployed. (More background on this proposal, if you're interested, is available on my blog: http://mreinhold.org/blog/late-for-the-train) Comments? - Mark [1] http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=337 [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/

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First order of business - codename
by Deepak S Patwardhan 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Hello all, Can we christen the Java 8 baby now ? Note that I don't have any personal proposals, and it is not my intent to start a thread to discuss other peoples' proposals. I am just looking forward to Oracle / JSR 337 EG unraveling the codename. A codename could invigorate more people to take a look at Java 8. Apologies if this topic is too non-technical for this forum. Regards, Deepak S Patwardhan.

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Welcome to the Java SE 8 (JSR 337) Expert Group
by mark.reinhold＠oracle.com 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

We're now up and running, with our primary page here: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/spec So far we have representatives from IBM, Red Hat, and Oracle. Google has indicated privately to me that they will participate, but they have yet to nominate a specific representative. I've updated the schedule on our web page, and on the jcp.org JSR 337 page, to align with the schedule already proposed for the RI (JDK 8) [1]. I've set up a pair of mailing lists, one for the EG itself and one for observers. Content on our web pages and mailing lists is licensed for evaluation and comment only, using the recently-update OpenJDK Terms of Use [2]. As to release content, I'll have more to say on that soon ... - Mark [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8 [2] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/tou

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