Hi Werner,
I believe the plan is that CORBA will indeed be an optional module in
JSK 8. Picture the dotted line ("requires optional") going to the other
two purple modules as well as just to java.xml :-)
-Mike
On 14/05/2012 9:05 AM, Werner Keil wrote:
> Quite amazingly, even latest concepts for Java 8 include a
> "java.corba" *Overridable *system module.
> See page 6 of
> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/doc/module-class-loading.pdf
>
> The document only lists "Overridable" as parts of the system that can
> be updated and replaced by newer versions, but what if e.g. some
> platforms no longer need Corba at all? Do they still need to carry
> that redundant "system module" or could some of these also be
> *Optional*, not just *Overridable*??
>