hg: jigsaw/jigsaw/hotspot: Summary: Allow passing in a non-null module loader to translate to boot loader.

[Mandy Chung]

On 5/24/2012 7:34 AM, David M. Lloyd wrote:
>> One initial proposal is to have classes loaded by a non-module class
>> loader belong to the module in which that class loader is created.
>> Therefore, all types visible to the module will also be visible to that
>> non-module class loader. Details are yet to be fleshed out and 
>> prototyped.
>
> If a standalone class loader delegates to, or is a child of, a module 
> class loader, then yes this will happen naturally.  In the end it will 
> be up to the class loader as it always has full control. 

Thank you all for the useful feedback and discussion.  This is an area 
to be thought through and how it impacts migration as well.

Mandy