dependencies between automatic modules

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Mon Apr 8 06:36:00 UTC 2019


On 08/04/2019 07:31, Zheka Kozlov wrote:
> Since automatic modules require all other modules, when the first module is
> resolved, the other automatic modules are automatically resolved too. So,
> you don't have to add all automatic modules manually to the graph. It's
> enough to make a dependency only on the automatic module you need. Then the
> other automatic modules will automatically get into the module graph.
>
That's right. The "Module Resolution" section in the java.lang.module 
package description has more on this, look for "If at least one 
automatic module is enumerated ...".

-Alan


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