Exporting a package with no Java sources

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 7/3/17 6:36 AM, Sander Mak wrote:
> On 3 Jul 2017, at 15:23, Alexander Udalov <alexander.udalov at jetbrains.com<mailto:alexander.udalov at jetbrains.com>> wrote:
>
>   But in circumstances where the destination
> directory could be different for class files compiled by Java and
> non-Java, I see no way to make the Java compiler read the class files
> compiled by the non-Java compiler. If they're passed on the classpath
> (as they are currently on Java 8 and earlier), the classes there are
> not accessible in Java because the named module cannot read the
> unnamed module. If they're passed on the module path, they would be
> loaded in another module, which is incorrect because semantically it's
> the same module.
>
> Have you tried using `--patch-module` during compilation of the Java sources (as described in http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261)? Not sure if it works with class files in the patch directory as well, but it sounds like it could address your usecase.
>
>
> Sander

Yes, --patch-module should be able to help.

-- Jon