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How one defines a ''weight'' of a module? In general it is a size of its [[environment]] - which is usually expressed by the ''outgoing dependencies'' the module has. | How one defines a ''weight'' of a module? In general it is a size of its [[environment]] - which is usually expressed by the ''outgoing dependencies'' the module has. | ||
| - | If there is a module depending on [[Swing]], it is more [[ | + | If there is a module depending on [[Swing]], it is more [[HeavyWeight]] than a module which depends only on {{JDK|java/util|ArrayList}} - because the first one requires whole [[JDK]]8 while the latter can run on [[JDK]]8 ''compact 1'' [[LowerProfile|profile]] (which is not just a matter of the name but also of about 30MB of download size and other resources). |
| - | The classic refactoring is to increase granularity of your [[ | + | The classic refactoring is to increase granularity of your [[module]]s - e.g. split them into (two) parts. Module A (shows a dialog, asks for a number and shows result) can be refactored into two modules: one [[library]] to compute the factorial and another [[JAR]] to show the dialogs and call into the library to get the right results. |
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How one defines a weight of a module? In general it is a size of its environment - which is usually expressed by the outgoing dependencies the module has.
If there is a module depending on Swing, it is more HeavyWeight than a module which depends only on ArrayList - because the first one requires whole JDK8 while the latter can run on JDK8 compact 1 profile (which is not just a matter of the name but also of about 30MB of download size and other resources).
The classic refactoring is to increase granularity of your modules - e.g. split them into (two) parts. Module A (shows a dialog, asks for a number and shows result) can be refactored into two modules: one library to compute the factorial and another JAR to show the dialogs and call into the library to get the right results.
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