running Groovy on JDK9

[Jochen Theodorou]

On 10.04.2016 20:29, Jochen Theodorou wrote:
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>>  Compile error during compilation with javac.
>> /tmp/stubgentests77510877964035184621460309483098/bar/GroovyClass.java:12:
>> error: package groovy.lang does not exist
>> groovy.lang.GroovyObject {

Looks like I actually found out why this happens. For javac to know how 
to compile the file, we did scan the the classloader hierarchy for 
URLClassLoader and all the paths it has to the classpath for javac to 
look for precompiled classes. Since there is no longer a URLClassLoader 
with jigsaw, this no longer works. We can supply an additional 
classpath, I guess I will have to use something like 
GroovyObject.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation() 
instead. If it is useable solution for the future I am not sure, I guess 
it works for now.... once real modules come into play I suspect I will 
have to do a lot more work here

That way I get at least 30 failures less ;)

bye Jochen