Then the quest for modularity was diverted to distributed systems and Web application environments, and this is where things got really interesting. The idea was to provide a framework for building ...

As Oracle has been prone to do for the past nine months, company officials Tuesday pledged a strong commitment to Java technology. They even offered glimpses of a modular future for the platform.

With work moving forward on the next edition of standard Java, developers can start looking forward to what they will get with the planned upgrade. Several JEPs (JDK Enhancement Proposals) for Java ...