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Moving toward a modular Java, Oracle is ushering in changes that have "significant impact" on both developers and users, including breaking IDEs, a high-ranking Oracle Java official said.

In a recent blog post entitled "Project Jigsaw: Modular Runtime Images," Oracle's Mark Reinhold, chief architect in the Java Platform Group, discussed changes made for modular runtime images integrated into Java and now available in JDK (Java Development Kit) 9 early access build 41. "This step, in contrast to the source code reorganization, will have significant impact on developers and end users."

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