Proposal: #NonHierarchicalLayers

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2016/11/8 6:37:44 -0800, Thomas Watson <tjwatson at us.ibm.com>:
> ...
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> Overall the API works well for scenarios that map existing module systems 
> to JPMS.  I have questions about the new javadoc for the static methods on 
> Layer and Configuration.  I would have expected the javadoc for the static 
> vs. the single parent non-static methods to be largely identical.  But 
> there seems to be more details on what causes errors on the static methods 
> as well as additional API notes related to atomic behavior.  Is this an 
> oversight, or are there more error conditions for the static methods?

No, there are not more error conditions for the static methods.

> Should the non-static methods be updated to state the behavior is 
> equivalent to calling the static method with this Configuration/Layer as 
> the single parent? 

Yes.  Alan has already made this update.

- Mark