Do we need to open each file on the module path to find the enclosed name?

Peter Kriens peter.kriens at aqute.biz
Mon Sep 28 16:54:04 UTC 2015


The module path is defined as:

	`A module path is a sequence of directories containing module artifacts which are searched, in order, for the first artifact that defines a suitable module.`

This seems to indicate that the VM must iterate over all the directories (I assume not recursive?) and open the JARs to read the module-info.class file so that it knows the module name?  

This seems quite expensive for large systems?


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