4 ms·

> Java 9's module system broke just about every Java <=8 project I've ever seen. As far as I understand, some IDE's and built automation tools did not rollout

• jeroenhd 2y ago
  It took a while for IDEs and tools to catch up, but I still encounter issues with old codebases to this day, using the latest and greatest tools. The problem isn't necessarily that the compiler isn't called right, but rather that a lot of existing library code suddenly didn't work anymore. By compartmentalising code (a welcome improvement!), projects that weren't designed for this compartmentalisation need a lot of "basically turn off Java module restrictions" command line flags to the JVM.
• mschuster91 2y ago
  Mixing a Java >= 9 project with Maven libraries made for <= 8 is one hell of a headache.