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Re: [jakarta.ee-spec.committee] Modules [Was Re: Requirements Document]
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Mike Milinkovich wrote on 05/ 9/18 09:02 AM:> On a different topic....not
directly related to defining the spec process
> itself, one of Ian Robinson's comment demonstrates that we are going to have to
> have a conversation about whether the use of JPMS (aka JigSaw) is something that
> we want to embrace in the Jakarta EE platform. Unfortunately, I don't know
> enough about the technical details to know whether choosing to do so would
> disadvantage implementations using other module systems such as OSGi. If I
> understand correctly Glassfish itself makes use of OSGi, so perhaps someone
> could provide an explanation of the implications of adopting JPMS.
The use of OSGi by GlassFish was always viewed as a stopgap until the
Java platform had a module system. That's why it's largely hidden under
the HK2 layer. We intended that Java EE would define how Java platform
modules would be used by Java EE applications.
