That all sounds reasonable. Is this a commercial product you are  
working on? Could you email me directly with more info? I'd like to  
make sure your use case gets into the planning for Java 7 modularity  
support.

  -Josh

On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Brian Frank wrote:

>
>> So would the modularity efforts coming in Java 7 address some of  
>> these
>> issues for you?
>
> The Java modularity work has changed directions a couple times, so I
> am not completely sure what the current design is.  But I think it can
> go a long way to the solve the J2ME problem if the following holds
> true:
>
> 1. The "kernel" is similar in size and scope to what J2ME is today
>
> 2. The modularity is granular enough that big subsystems like AWT,
> Swing, and CORBA don't get sucked in because you wanted something from
> NIO (just a silly example, but there are some weird package inter-
> dependencies)
>
> 3. A suitable licensing model is provided such that you don't have to
> ship a device with every J2SE module.
>
> >


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