Unable to compile modules with references to automatic modules - "cannot find module: jdk.management.resource"

[Alan Bateman]

On 08/11/2015 17:51, Jan Lahoda wrote:
>
> Automatic modules depend on all other named modules, and javac 
> currently uses all modules it knows about, which includes those it 
> found while analyzing other module-infos. I think it could be changed 
> to only include modules found on the module paths.

I assume this will need to re-visited. If javac gets -limitmods then it 
will limit the set of observable modules and so qualified exports to 
modules that aren't in that set will need to be ignored. It's also tied 
to -addmods and getting javac consistent with run-time where automatic 
only require java.base for the purposes of resolution but read all other 
modules.

In any case, it won't be possible to compile code that references to 
types in the "missing" modules and so I assume shouldn't change javac 
behavior to not use the qualified exports.

-Alan