Modularity of The Java Platform Javaday (

Modularity of the Java Platform

Martin Toshev

Who am I

Software engineer @ EPAM Bulgaria

BG JUG governance board member (http://jug.bg)

OpenJDK contributor

http://jug.bg/

Agenda

Modularity 101

Modularity on top of the platform: OSGi

Modularity of the platform: Jigsaw

OSGi and Jigsaw interoperability: Penrose

Modularity 101

Modularity 101

Standard Java libraries are modules - Hibernate, log4j and any library you can basically think of …

Build systems like Maven provide transparent management of modules

Modularity 101

• Benefits of modularization:

– smaller modules are typically tested easier than a monolithic application

– allows for easier evolution of the system - modules evolve independently

Modularity 101

• Benefits of modularization:

– development of the system can be split easier between teams/developers

– increased maintainability of separate modules

Modularity 101

The dependency mechanism used by the JDK introduces a number of problems that modular systems aim to solve:

–The "JAR hell" problem caused by shortcomings of the classloading process

Modularity 101

The dependency mechanism used by the JDK introduces a number of problems that modular systems aim to solve:

–The lack of dynamicity in managing dependent modules

–The lack of loose coupling between modules

Modularity 101

Module systems aim to solve the mentioned problems and typically provide:

• module management• module deployment• versioning• dependency management• module repositories• configuration management


OSGi (Open Service Gateway iniatiave) provides a specification for module systems implemented in Java

It is introduced as JSR 8 and JSR 291 to the Java platform


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?A: An OSGi runtime (module system) makes use of the Java classloading mechanism in order to implement a container for modular units (bundles) and is based on the OSGi spec - a series of standards by the OSGi Alliance. Many application servers are implemented using OSGi as a basis - it is also used in systems from a diversity of areas


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?A: An OSGi bundle is a just a JAR file that contains source code, bundle metadata and resources. A bundle may provide various services and components to the OSGi runtime. An OSGi runtime allows for bundles to be installed, started, stopped, updated and uninstalled without requiring a reboot


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?A: The OSGi Core spec defines a layered architecture that determines what is supported by the runtime – each layer defines a particular functionality supported by the runtime and the bundles

OSGi logical units: bundles services services registry life-cycle modules security execution environment

OSGi logical layers:


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?A: Bundles may export packages for use by other bundles or import packages exported by other bundles - this dependency mechanism is referred to as wire protocol and is provided by the Module layer of OSGi.


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?A: Bundles may publish services to the runtime and use already published services from the runtime – this dependency mechanism is provided by the Service layer of OSGI.


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?A: The MANIFEST.MF file of the bundle’s JAR file describes the metadata of the bundle

Manifest-Version: 1.0Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2Bundle-Name: SampleBundle-SymbolicName: com.sampleBundle-Version: 1.0.0.qualifierBundle-Activator: ua.org.javaday.seminar.demo.ActivatorBundle-Vendor: javaday.org.uaRequire-Bundle: org.java.jigsaw.core,org.java.jigsaw.extensionsBundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7Service-Component: OSGI-INF/service.xmlImport-Package: ua.org.javaday.seminar.jigsaw.shared;version="1.0.0“Export-Package: ua.org.javaday.seminar.demo.utils


Q: So what is an OSGi runtime ?A: The runtime may implement extensions based on the OSGi Compendium spec that extends the OSGi Core spec. These could be: remote services

log service

HTTP service

device access service

configuration admin

metatype service

preferences service

user admin

wire admin

DMT admin service

IO connector service

provisioning service

UPnP device service

configuration admin

declarative services

event admin service

deployment admin

XML parser service

monitoring service

others


• OSGi continues to evolve …

Live DemoModularity on top of the platform: OSGi


When speaking of modularity we should also consider the entire runtime (rt.jar) and the JDK core libraries …

… and built-in support for improved "OSGi-like" modules in the Java platform


The JDK is monolithic …


• JDK 8 compact profiles provide smaller versions … (javac -profile <profile_name> or make profiles for an OpenJDK build)

compact 1 compact 2 compact 3


The aim of project Jigsaw is to provide a module system for the Java platform

Although deferred to JDK 9 some additional effort such as Compact Profiles and removed/ deprecated inter-library dependencies have been introduced in JDK8 as an intermediate solution


Modularization of the Java platform is a significant change that impacts the entire ecosystem - may even break existing projects


Draft 3 of Jigsaw requirements states that applications using only standard APIs must remain compatible

Draft 3 of Jigsaw requirements also mentions that some JDK-specific APIs must remain compatible but no concrete JDK APIs are listed yet


Q: So what is exactly project Jigsaw ?


Q: So what is exactly project Jigsaw ?A: Project Jigsaw provides the basis for JSR 376: Java Platform Module System. Currently work on Jigsaw is being done for:

JEP 200 - define JDK modules (in a modules.xml file in the JDK repo)JEP 201 - reorganize JDK sources into modules and modify JDK buildJEP 220 - restructure JRE/JDK images to accommodate modules


Q: So what is exactly project Jigsaw ?A: Structure of JDK sources as defined by JEP 201:

oldsrc/{share,$OS}/{classes,native}/$PACKAGE/*.{java,c,h,cpp,hpp}

•newsrc/$MODULE/{share,$OS}/classes/$PACKAGE/*.java

native/include/*.{h,hpp}

$LIBRARY/*.{c,cpp}

conf/*


Q: So what is exactly project Jigsaw ?A: In the early exploratory phase of project Jigsaw there was a proof-of-concept implementation with JDK8 early-access builds (now dropped).


Q: So what was exactly the exploratory phase of Jigsaw ?A: Jigsaw POC provided a modularized version of JDK along with additional tools and language support for creating Jigsaw modules. JDK8 early-access builds provided two types of JDK:JDK modules image - all components are preinstalled as

modulesJDK base image + jmod packages - base JDK installation along

with additional Jigsaw modules of the JDK that can be installed on-demand using the jmod tool


Q: What is a Jigsaw module ?


Q: What is a Jigsaw module ?A: A collection of Java classes, native libraries and other resources along with metadata that provides name and version of the module and dependencies on other modules


Q: What is a Jigsaw module ?A: Jigsaw resolves modules during build and installation.Jigsaw has no dynamics, no module lifecycle. The module system assumes the existence of a foundational module named java.base


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Module can use ("require") other modules and additionally specify version or version ranges for the module dependency - modules are loaded with different module classloaders

module ua.org.javaday.A @ 1.0 { requires ua.org.javaday.B @ [2.0, 3.0);

}

module ua.org.javaday.A { requires ua.org.javaday.B @ >= 1.0; requires ua.org.javaday.C @ < 2.0;}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Module versions are compared using a similar approach as the one used for Debian package versions … The intent is to be able to package a module as an OS-specific package (not applicable for Windows/Mac OS)


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Modules can also "require" optional modules - meaning that compilation succeeds even if the required module is missing

module ua.org.javaday.A { requires optional jdk-corba@8-ea;}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Modules can also "require" local modules - meaning that the local module is a kind of a "mixin" - it is loaded in the same classloader as the requiring module

module ua.org.javaday.A @ 1.0 { requires local ua.org.javaday.B @ [2.0, 3.0);


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: A module may export packages and classes

module ua.org.javaday.A @ 1.0 { requires ua.org.javaday.B @ [2.0, 3.0);exports ua.org.javaday.A.seminar.Sample;exports ua.org.javaday.A.seminar.samples.*;

}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Modules can explicitly specify which other modules can "require" them

module ua.org.javaday.A @ 2.0 { exports ua.org.javaday.A.seminar;permits ua.org.javaday.B;

}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Modules can logically provide other module names (aliases):

module ua.org.javaday.A @ 1.0 {provides ua.org.javaday.First @ 2.0;

}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Modules can have a single entry point

the main() method ua.org.javaday.A.Main is called when invoking:java -m ua.org.javaday.A

module ua.org.javaday.A @ 1.0 {permits ua.org.javaday.B;class ua.org.javaday.A.Main;

}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: Modules can define multiple views

the main() method ua.org.javaday.A.Main is called when invoking:java -m ua.org.javaday.A

module ua.org.javaday.A {exports ua.org.javaday.A.seminar;view ua.org.javaday.internal.view {

permits ua.org.javaday.B}

}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: A module can declare that it provides a service

module ua.org.javaday.A { provides service ua.org.javaday.A.external.TestService with ua.org.javaday.A.external.TestServiceImpl;}


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: A module can require a service

module ua.org.javaday.B { requires service ua.org.javaday.A.external.TestService }


Q: What is a Jigsaw module in terms of the exploratory phase ?A: A service can also be required optionally

module ua.org.javaday.B { requires optional service ua.org.javaday.A.TestService; }


Q: So why not adopt OSGi (at least the module layer) for modularization of the Java platform ?


Q: So why not adopt OSGi (at least the module layer) for modularization of the Java platform ?A: As chief architect of the Java platform Mark Reinhold states: The OSGI module layer is not operative at compile time - it addresses modularity only during packaging, deployment and execution. It is also strictly build on top of the platform so it cannot be used to modularize it.


Q: So why not adopt OSGi (at least the module layer) for modularization of the Java platform ?A: However - according to Peter Kriens (former technical director at the OSGi Alliance and one of the key drivers behind the OSGi spec) Jigsaw is not typically needed an will introduce burden to the platform and modules can be introduced much easier:The only thing we need to add to the existing system is versioning information on the package and record this version in the class file

Live DemoModularity of the platform: Jigsaw


When speaking of JDK modules we should consider interoperability with existing module systems such as OSGi

The purpose of project Penrose is to explore interoperability between OSGi and Jigsaw


Penrose is still in early stage of development …

Current work on project Penrose is deprecated due to the dropped proof-of-concept version of Jigsaw …


Penrose goals:

–ensuring OSGi frameworks run unmodified in a Jigsaw-enabled runtime

–create modules/bundles that have both OSGi and Jigsaw metadata in them

–Jigsaw metadata can be extended with OSGi concepts–extend OSGi to read Jigsaw metadata


Penrose goals:

–mapping Jigsaw metadata to OSGi metadata–resolve Jigsaw modules in an OSGi runtime–enhance OSGi to use Jigsaw APIs–more cross delegation between the two systems …

SummaryQ: Project Jigsaw - when ?

SummaryQ: Project Jigsaw - when ?A: Maybe when the Armagedon comes …

… or maybe in 2016 …

Summary

Q: Projects Jigsaw/Penrose - when ?A: Unless you …… discuss:http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/jigsaw-dev… and code:http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jigsaw

Q&A

Thank you

References

OSGi Alliancehttp://www.osgi.org/Main/HomePage

Jigsaw Projecthttp://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/

Penrose Projecthttp://openjdk.java.net/projects/penrose/

http://www.osgi.org/Main/HomePage



http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/



http://openjdk.java.net/projects/penrose/

References

Modularity - what is it ?http://www.infoq.com/articles/modular-java-what-is-it/

Java modularity - why ?http://java.dzone.com/articles/java-modularity-2-why

Java JAR hell problemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Classloader#JAR_hell

http://www.infoq.com/articles/modular-java-what-is-it/

http://java.dzone.com/articles/java-modularity-2-why

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Classloader#JAR_hell

References

Project Jigsaw: Phase Twohttp://mreinhold.org/blog/jigsaw-phase-two

Project Jigsaw: Goals & Requirements Draft 3http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/goals-reqs/03

JSR 376: Java Platform Module Systemhttps://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/proposalDetails?id=376

http://mreinhold.org/blog/jigsaw-phase-two

http://mreinhold.org/blog/jigsaw-phase-two

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/goals-reqs/03

https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/proposalDetails?id=376

https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/proposalDetails?id=376

References

Project Jigsaw: Exploratory Phasehttp://

openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/exploratory-phase

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/exploratory-phase

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/exploratory-phase

References

Java Module System Requirementshttp://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/doc/draft-java-module-system-requirements-12

Project Jigsaw: The Big Picturehttp://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/notes/jigsaw-big-picture-01

Java 8 Modules Jigsaw and OSGihttp://www.slideshare.net/mfrancis/java-8-modules-jigsaw-and-osgi-neil-bartlett

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/doc/draft-java-module-system-requirements-12

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/doc/draft-java-module-system-requirements-12

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/notes/jigsaw-big-picture-01

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/notes/jigsaw-big-picture-01

http://www.slideshare.net/mfrancis/java-8-modules-jigsaw-and-osgi-neil-bartlett

http://www.slideshare.net/mfrancis/java-8-modules-jigsaw-and-osgi-neil-bartlett

References

Project Jigsaw: Late for the train http://mreinhold.org/blog/late-for-the-train-qa

Unbearable lightness of Jigsaw http://blog.osgi.org/2011/05/unbearable-lightness-of-jigsaw.html

Netbeans discussion on Jigsawhttp://wiki.netbeans.org/Jigsaw

http://mreinhold.org/blog/late-for-the-train-qa

http://mreinhold.org/blog/late-for-the-train-qa

http://blog.osgi.org/2011/05/unbearable-lightness-of-jigsaw.html

http://blog.osgi.org/2011/05/unbearable-lightness-of-jigsaw.html

http://wiki.netbeans.org/Jigsaw

References

Java Modularity - OSGi and Project Jigsawhttp://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2009/06/12/java-modularity-osgi-and-project-jigsaw/

The Modular Java Platform & Project Jigsaw http://www.jfokus.se/jfokus14/preso/Jigsaw.pdf

JAX 2013: A Project Jigsaw primerhttp

://jaxenter.com/a-project-jigsaw-primer-50029.html

http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2009/06/12/java-modularity-osgi-and-project-jigsaw/

http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2009/06/12/java-modularity-osgi-and-project-jigsaw/

http://www.jfokus.se/jfokus14/preso/Jigsaw.pdf

http://www.jfokus.se/jfokus14/preso/Jigsaw.pdf

http://jaxenter.com/a-project-jigsaw-primer-50029.html

http://jaxenter.com/a-project-jigsaw-primer-50029.html

References

JavaOne 2013: The Modular Java Platform and Project Jigsaw http://parleys.com/play/52549d02e4b0a43ac12124be/about

OpenJDK Penrose JavaOne 2012http://

www.slideshare.net/bosschaert/open-jdk-penrose-javaone-2012

http://parleys.com/play/52549d02e4b0a43ac12124be/about

http://parleys.com/play/52549d02e4b0a43ac12124be/about

http://www.slideshare.net/bosschaert/open-jdk-penrose-javaone-2012



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