is ClassLoader.loadClass() supposed to work on module-info classes?

[Alex Buckley]

Yes, A's reflective access to C's classes will fail, due to the action 
of B's author in grabbing and shading A.

Module B is responsible for configuring its (B's) readability to the 
module containing C's classes (be that a named module if C has been 
modularized, or the unnamed module if C is still a JAR on the classpath).

Module B can achieve this with a single call to j.l.r.Module::addReads.

Alex

On 12/3/2015 11:19 AM, Rafael Winterhalter wrote:
> Sorry, I realize that I was not precise.
>
> Assuming that pre-module library A is shaded by modularized library B. User
> code C is then using library B. Internally, library B passes objects to
> library A that is using reflection on C without being aware of the module
> boundary. Would this now fail as library A is now part of B's module?
> Am 03.12.2015 8:10 nachm. schrieb "Alan Bateman" <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com>:
>
>>
>> On 03/12/2015 18:30, Rafael Winterhalter wrote:
>>
>>> As a follow-up question. What if I need to import a library into my
>>> namespace and therewith module? ("shaded dependencies") This is a quite
>>> common practice to avoid version conflicts.
>>>
>>> Would for example the reflection semantics for these classes change? Or
>>> would the byte code level serve as a fallback? (But then the mentioned
>>> "modularity for pre-9 libraries" would not work.)
>>>
>>> Can you expand the example a bit? I assume the uber JAR has the
>> dependences (in renamed packages) but those packages are not exported. In
>> that case then none of the types in the shaded dependences will be
>> accessible outside of the module. Within the module, which includes the
>> shaded dependences, then all public types are available to code in the
>> module, doesn't matter if the reference is static or core reflection.
>>
>> -Alan
>>