Converting plain JARs to Java modules

[Alan Bateman]

On 09/11/2011 14:02, Peter Kriens wrote:
> I agree that tools are needed but we must be careful to not expect tools to stopgap an architectural issue. I think it is important to first do good architectural design leveraging existing tools (e.g. the Java type system) before you try to add new tools. It is such a pity (but all to common) that a design allows for classes of errors that would be impossible with a slightly different design.
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Ignoring the solely-for-migration case where module declarations are 
added as a post-build step, then what errors are you most concerned 
about and could they be caught at compile time?

-Alan.