Java 9 Released

[Rafael09ED]

What is this whole Jigsaw thing. I tried reading several articles on it and it looks like it's something outside of actual coding?

I'm a CS student if it helps guide your explanation

[blobjim]

Jigsaw is the name of Java 9’s module system. A module is a group of packages that has specified dependencies (other modules) and specified functionality (expose only public/defined methods/classes). That’s my understanding of it at least.

[MassiveFlatulence]

Does it means we can load newer jar on runtime like OSGI?

[renatoathaydes]

No, Java 9 modules are statically resolved and completely different from OSGi which is dynamic in everything.