Module library attributes

[Alan Bateman]

On 06/12/2011 15:05, Sean Mullan wrote:
> I'd like to be able to store a persistent attribute with a module when it is
> installed that could then be retrieved at runtime when all I have is a reference
> to the Module object. I don't think this is quite the same as
> metadata, as listed in the jigsaw requirements. It is more like data that we can
> use to optimize our implementation. It doesn't necessarily have to be exposed
> via a public API.
>
> --Sean
>
It wouldn't be hard to extend the module library to support additional 
data, be it on a per-module or per-configuration basis. At some point 
we'll need to have a database to support faster indexing and potentially 
this could be used for other data too.

-Alan.