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. [ ...

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.

The lack of an effective modular programming model has frustrated Java developers since the Java platform’s infancy. Until recently no single solution had stuck. In this article, Jeff Hanson explains ...