How to name modules, automatic and otherwise

[Alan Bateman]

On 27/02/2017 13:45, Stephen Colebourne wrote:

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> Note here that as a general rule, it is always possible to refactor a
> module into a number of single-package modules. (I can't actually
> prove this offhand, but it seems an entirely reasonable claim).
Yes, assuming no cycles.

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> With regards to automatic modules, this implies that automatic modules
> must contain the Module-Name MANIFEST information (as it takes too
> long to scan a jar for packages).
The contents of JAR files containing automatic modules need to be 
scanned anyway in order to determine the packages in the module, the 
module name doesn't help.

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> In summary, module naming must match package naming, because modules
> are ultimately just a collection of packages with
Some module don't contain any types/packages. Aggregator modules is one 
example (`java.se` and `java.se.ee`). Resource bundles (for 
i18n/translation) might only contain .properties files. Then there are 
modules that only contain native code, one example in the JDK 
is`jdk.jdwp.agent` (debugger agent).

-Alan