RFR: JDK-8283730: Improve discussion of modeling of packages and modules

Alex Buckley alex.buckley at oracle.com
Mon Mar 28 20:05:43 UTC 2022


On 3/28/2022 1:00 PM, Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
> ModuleElement
> 
> The represented module may have an explicit backing construct (either 
> source code or executable output) or may be created from implicit 
> information. The explicit source code construct for a module is 
> typically a module-info.java file (JLS 7.7). Implicit information is 
> used to model unnamed modules.

What happened to "automatic modules" per my initial mail???

Alex


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