module-info.class spec and attributes

mark.reinhold at oracle.com mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Fri Aug 26 14:57:05 PDT 2011


2011/8/25 16:54 -0700, alex.buckley at oracle.com:
> On 8/25/2011 6:22 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>> David Bosschaert wrote:
>>> Reviving an old thread... it seems like this discussion is left
>>> without coming to an agreed conclusion.
>>> 
>> It's an issue where there are divergent views so I don't think you'll see
>> agreement here. For now, capturing the arguments in the requirements document
>> seems the right approach.
> 
> Right. As David says, the arguments for and against various schemes are very
> well understood. OpenJDK Project Jigsaw is prototyping one scheme, but the
> final choice of scheme is not up to the Project, it's up to the Expert Group of
> the Java SE Module System JSR.

Exactly so.

FYI I expect to submit that JSR some time this October.

- Mark



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