Annotation processors and the --processor-module-path

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Alan Bateman wrote
> On 22/11/2016 10:33, Eirik Bjørsnøs wrote:
> 
>> :
>>
>> So again, I added -J-add-modules=java.xml.bind, and now my annotation
>> processor is loading.
>>
>> Given that my annotation processor does require java.xml.bind and I'm
>> using
>> --processor-module-path, my expectation would be that javac would resolve
>> that requires for me.
>>
>> What gives, am I expecting too much?
> When you deploy annotation processors on the --processor-module-path 
> then javac needs to resolve the annotation processor modules as part of 
> creating the dynamic configuration. The issue with the dependency on 
> java.xml.bind is that it's not in the boot layer and it's also not 
> observable on the processor module path. There is no support at this 
> time for augmenting the boot layer once it is created, also javac does 
> not attempt to resolve these modules from the original module path and 
> system image that were used to start the VM. So for now at least, 
> running with -J--add-modules=java.xml.bind is the only way to get this 
> to work.
> 
> -Alan

Hi Alan,

Seeing as `--add-modules=java.xml.bind` no longer works in Java 11 what is
the updated recommendation?

Thanks,
Gili



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