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

[David M. Lloyd]

On 12/04/2015 10:15 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 04/12/2015 15:52, David M. Lloyd wrote:
>>
>> Ah, yeah specifically I'm referring to splitting/merging or upgrading
>> some given module in an existing system, possibly using aggregate
>> modules for compatibility or alternatively updating the module
>> descriptors of existing installed modules to accommodate the new
>> layout (both cases seem reasonable to me, and we have done both).  The
>> phrase in the original email from Alex that I was responding to was
>> "We don't think the module declaration will be as fluid as you do";
>> however our real-world experience shows the opposite.
>
> I don't think I understand what you mean by "new layout". Do you mean
> file paths? I assume not because module declarations list the
> dependences as module names. Or maybe you mean there are incompatible
> changes to modules that impact consumers of those modules?

No, I mean the module graph's new layout when new modules are added or 
split, which necessitates a module descriptor update to match the 
intended new layout.  Maybe "topology" is a better term.

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