Querying module and module file contents

[David Holmes]

On 9/05/2012 7:37 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 09/05/2012 06:15, David Holmes wrote:
>> Given an installed module, or a jmod module file, how can I query:
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>> a) what types are exported by the module [file]
>> b) what types are contained in the module [file]
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>> I want to validate that my module is getting everything packaged up
>> correctly.
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>> Also am I right in thinking that the set of types in a module is not
>> declared in the module-info, but simply controlled by the -i option to
>> jpkg? (The module-info only declares exported types, not contained types)
> If the module is installed then do you can use "jmod ls -v <midq>" and
> print out the module declaration, including the exports. It may not be
> exactly what you want as it doesn't print the complete list of contents
> and so doesn't print out the types that aren't exported, resources,
> native libraries, commands, etc. I can see how that could be useful and
> maybe something we should consider, perhaps with a different option. I
> could imagine an option to verify too, especially with modules that have
> files, commands for example, that aren't in the module library.

Right - I really want a way to see the complete contents not just the 
exported interface.

> As regards jpkg then it's the -m, --natlib, --config etc. commands that
> specify the actual content.

So what is the -i option for:

-i, --include <File: path>              Directory of files to be included

???

> In the case of classes then it will likely
> be more than the types exported by module. I think you're also asking if
> there is a way to examine the contents of a jmod module. I can see how
> this could be useful and maybe we could add something equivalent to
> dpkg-deb -show and -c.

Right. I've just created my jmod file and I want to check it contains 
what I expect it to.

Thanks,
David

> -Alan.
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