> This hardly sounds like a standardized feature. IDE module systems reflect the standard module system used by standard build tooling such as Maven and Gradle

> This hardly sounds like a standardized feature. IDE module systems reflect the standard module system used by standard build tooling such as Maven and Gradle. > That is not true, access control is enforced both at compile time and at runtime. Right... As I stated: the runtime aspect of JPMS access control is hardly worthwhile; it's not security (reflection can always bypass that). The compile-time module system already in place (maven/gradle) is already supported with IDEs. > Jigsaw requirements Reread my original comment.