Few questions

Jochen Theodorou blackdrag at gmx.org
Sat Nov 26 17:18:53 UTC 2016


On 26.11.2016 12:53, Michał Zegan wrote:
> I know that osgi sits on top of jigsaw, but osgi was created when jigsaw
> did not exist, so it is itself a module system for java that does not
> need jigsaw.
> So then it would probably look like a module system on top of another
> module system... seems weird to me.

That is because jigsaw does not try to be a replacement for OSGI. OSGI 
for example does normally not do anything for you at compile time. 
jigsaw on the other hand does not allow you using multiple versions.

> What should I do when I would like to write a new application that would
> be modular? Use jigsaw directly or not?

It depends then on your requirements

bye Jochen


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