JDK support for VM to read classes from modules in a module library

[Paul Sandoz]

+1 on using services rather than reflection (+ special proxy in the Properties class). It makes it much clearer what the dependencies are.

For backwards compatibility in classpath mode we should leave XMLUtils alone and use a new service class like sun.util.xml.PropertiesXMLUtils as shown by Yarda. Also in classpath mode we probably don't want to introduce a new "public"  [*] extension point, so we should just use the default provider (or explicitly XMLUtils, as is the case today)


On May 16, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Jesse Glick wrote:
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> module sun.jaxp.bridge.impl {
>  requires jdk.jaxp; // or its vendor substitute

Or use java.jaxp where jdk.jaxp will declare:

  provides java.jaxp

Paul.

[*] no one depends on sun.misc right? :-)