Project proposal: Jigsaw

[Vitaly Mikheev]

>>I hereby propose the creation of Project Jigsaw. The primary goals of
>>this Project will be to modularize the JDK 7 code base and to enable the
>>modularization of library and application code by similar means [1].

In Excelsior JET we implemented a JRE modularization at the JVM level in a JCK-compliant fashion for both Java 1.5 and Java 6.

http://www.excelsior-usa.com/java-download-size.html

Though it serves only two purposes (reducing download size and disk footprint), we received a very positive feedback from our customers.

That said, we have practical experience that confirms the viability of the approach taken by Jigsaw.
I wish you good luck!

--Vitaly

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	discuss-bounces at openjdk.java.net [SMTP:discuss-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Mark Reinhold
> Sent:	Friday, January 30, 2009 9:45 AM
> To:	discuss at openjdk.java.net
> Subject:	Re: Project proposal: Jigsaw 
> 
> > Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:10:43 -0500
> > From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <geir at pobox.com>
> 
> > Take a look at how Harmony modularized the classlib a few years ago.
> > 
> > There might be some good "lessons learned" from it.
> 
> Indeed.  We already have.
> 
> - Mark