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Creating a module in Java

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Creating a module in Java

- [Instructor] In this example, I have a very simple Hello World application. I want to make it modular. My program has one package called helloworld, and one class called Greeting. This just has a main method that prints out Hello World. All I need to do to make it modular is add something called a Module Info file. This is the file that will describe my model and how it relates to other modules. To do this in NetBeans, I just right click on my projects in the Projects window on the left, and select new, and then Java Module Info. A popup window appears which tells me that the name of my file will be module-info. This name can't be changed, and this type of file will always have to be called module-info.java. So, I just need to click on Finish. Now I have a very simple modular application with the module-info file. Just having this file in existence makes it a modular application. All it contains is the word module, followed by the name of my module, HelloWorld, and some curly…

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