How to name modules, automatic and otherwise

[Stephen Colebourne]

On 27 February 2017 at 20:44, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 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).

While interesting, these are edge cases. A developer can always add
.xxx to a package name they control to get a name for the edge case.

Stephen