RFR: JDK-8180480 Use "requires transitive" relationship when determining modules for javadoc

[Erik Joelsson]

Looks good.

/Erik


On 2017-05-18 09:54, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> When the build system tries to figure out which modules that should be 
> included by the javadoc build, it locates the set of modules 
> "required" by already included modules, starting from an initial set 
> and repeating recursively (a method which we unfortunately called 
> "transitive").
>
> However, for javadoc, we should only look at those re-exported modules 
> that are classified by a "requires transitive" relationship (which I 
> therefore have called "re-exported" to not clash with the established 
> term "transitive").
>
> The effect of getting this wrong is e.g. that we copy module graph png 
> files that we should not, and that we look at too broad a set of files 
> for looking at changes that should trigger a re-build of the javadoc.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8180480
> WebRev: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8180480-docs-should-use-requires-transitive/webrev.01
>
> /Magnus