RFR: 8309670: java -help output for --module-path / -p is incomplete

[Alan Bateman]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:54:15 GMT, Christian Stein <cstein at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this update to `java`'s help output for `--module-path`/`-p`.
> 
> This PR also updates the output for the closely related `--upgrade-module-path` option.
> 
> Thanks in advance!

src/java.base/share/classes/sun/launcher/resources/launcher.properties line 55:

> 53: \                  A {0} separated list of elements, each element is a file path\n\
> 54: \                  to a module or a directory containing modules. Each module is either\n\
> 55: \                  a modular JAR or an exploded-module directory.\n\

JEP 261 uses "module definition" but that would be too hard to explain in the help output, so I think what you have is okay.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14564#discussion_r1235391988