The fourth of the Modular Java series covers declarative modularity. It describes how components can be declaratively defined and wired together, without having a code dependency on OSGi APIs.

Understanding the new modularity specifications and features coming in Java 9 This article provides an overview of proposals, specifications, and platforms aimed at making Java technology more ...

But the new Java Platform Module System features need development tools to really take advantage of them. Here is where several key Java development tools stand in their modularity support.

At the EclipseCon conference, Mark Reinhold, Java platform chief architect at Oracle, laid out the roadmap for Java 9, which could mean better modularity and new value types. Improved modularity could ...

Java Jigsaw’s missing pieces Part of the Project Jigsaw melodrama came from the fact that both IBM and Red Hat had announced before the JCP vote on Java modularity that they were not going to support ...

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.

Beyond Java EE 6, modularity will be key, according to the Oracle officials. OSGi, meanwhile, plays an important part of the Java ecosystem and Java platform overall, Harris said.

This third part of the Modular Java series discusses dynamic modularity, how a bundle's classes are resolved, how they can come and go, and how they can communicate with each other.