In the aftermath, Java Development Kit 9, where the module system was to be delivered, was postponed from July 27 to September 21. Afterward, work proceeded to address the concerns.

Java is also set to evolve faster, with a new release cycle that will bring updates ever six months. Java Enterprise Edition (EE) is also moving forward under a new model that will be operated by ...

In Java 9, thanks to Jigsaw there is now a modular system that replaces Classpath, as a more optimized, developer-intuitive model to specify package and library locations.

The Java language and virtual machine are almost two decades old, and while most developers would recognize the old and new models of Java as being related, there's no question that Java has changed ...