usage of com.sun.tools.javac.Main

[Alan Bateman]

On 26/07/2016 07:58, Jochen Theodorou wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> when I tried the Groovy build jigsaw about 2 months ago the usage of 
> com.sun.tools.javac.Main required me to make the module it was defined 
> in to be accessible for the unnamed module. In the latest version I 
> tried this was not required anymore, which was I think JDK9 b128.
>
> Did I use a JDK in which this was not enforced or is there a change 
> for com.sun.tools.javac.Main?
>
> PS: I know I should not use this class and I was about to change this, 
> when I noticed that I am missing the error messages about this.
The javac man page documents the entry point com.sun.tools.javac.Main 
(the "old interface") and com.sun.tools.javac continues to be exported. 
I don't recall a time when it wasn't exported. Jon or Jan might know 
more about this. In any case, maybe it is time to move to javax.tools?

-Alan