JDK9 and Gradle modular quickstart

[Cédric Champeau]

Thanks for sharing this, David. We definitely have plans to support modules
"natively" but found like you that Gradle 3.0 makes it possible to work
around pretty easily.

2016-08-25 15:19 GMT+02:00 David Hill <David.Hill at oracle.com>:

>
> Hi,
>    I mentioned I was working on a modular compilation with Gradle 3 and
> JDK9. I have something to share now :-)
>
> This adapted quickstart comprises a "module" of two classes, a test class,
> and a "shim" test class. (The shim is an adapter used for 'white box' style
> tests).
>
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddhill/module-quickstart.zip
>
> The first half of the build.gradle is a README that explains a lot of my
> design constraints, and choices.
>
> Gradle is really good at making the simple cases ... simple. Clearly they
> have a bit more to go to handle modules natively, but as my quickstart
> shows, it can be done now without too much extra effort.
>
> I would be interested in any comments or suggestions on how I have solved
> this task. I plan on folding what I have found into the OpenJFX build.
>
> Dave
>
>
> --
> David Hill<David.Hill at Oracle.com>
> Java Embedded Development
>
> "A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey
> the world."
> -- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
>
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