RFR: JDK-8161067 - jlink: Enable plugins to use the module pool for class lookup

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 11 Jul 2016, at 18:58, Jim Laskey (Oracle) <james.laskey at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> How about the following helper method on ModulePool:
>> 
>> Optional<LinkModule> findModule(ModuleEntry me);
>> 
>> then the intent in code might be a littler clearer on the context.
> 
> After thinking about this at bit: If we did that and then later worked out a way to optimize across modules, we’d have to hunt down those cases.    What if I were to rename the method to findEntryInContext(String path, ModuleEntry context)?
> 

Although widening the context later on might have unintended effects on some plugins if they depend on that method.

Hmm… perhaps the right thing to do, API-wise, at the moment is not do anything?

Paul.