8197532: Re-examine policy for the default set of modules when compiling or running code on the class path

[Alan Bateman]

On 19/07/2018 15:14, David Lloyd wrote:
> I've run into a problem with the change in java.se resolution.  There
> is, from what I can tell, no way to add the java.se module to the
> runtime that doesn't also break on Java 8.
I think you need to explain what you are doing. JDK 8 doesn't know 
anything about modules or the "java.se" aggregator module. Is it 
possible that this is code that wants to fail if run on a run-time image 
that doesn't contain "java.se"?

-Alan


>   The "jdk.module.*"
> properties are blocked off so that approach doesn't work.
>
> Any recommendations?  What about a way for the class path to express
> dependencies without having to be a module?
>