DRAFT: Project Jigsaw: The Big Picture (part 1)

[Eric Johnson]

Given the amount of discussion about resolution throughout the entire 
document (which I'm glad to see), it sure seems like it should be 
mentioned as one of the design principles.

Perhaps something like:
Requirements for resolution change depending on context - For compile 
time, resolution should favor the earliest possible version of a module. 
At installation time, favoring the latest possible version is likely 
appropriate, and further, persisting this configuration for later reuse 
and faster load times may be an essential characteristic. For testing 
scenarios the need to select a variety of combinations for compatibility 
checks will require recomputing resolution with each execution, possibly 
with additional constraints added.

-Eric.

On 12/21/11 12:28 AM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> I've started drafting an overview of the current state of Jigsaw.
> The first part is attached below, and also available on the web:
>
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/notes/jigsaw-big-picture-01
>
> Comments, questions, and suggestions welcome.  Flames will be ignored.
>
> - Mark