JDK 7: Jigsaw and classpath
Filed under: java jdk jdk7 on Thursday Jul 23, 2009
Developers have sometimes had to
try to square
the circle with the Java
classpath over the years. What really is a linear
model in multiple sections works for much of the time. But as
applications get larger, and the dependencies between it and the
libraries it needs get more complex, things
break down.Luckily, Project Jigsaw will be providing a cleaner dependency model in JDK 7 to save developers from trying to prove the impossible.
In the meantime, Joe posted a great visual summary of the three sections of the Java classpath.
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