RFC: add starred module(s)

[Weijun Wang]

> On Feb 7, 2018, at 9:51 AM, Felix Yang <felix.yang at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Max,
> 
>     I have another idea, how about make the test libs into JPMS modules. Then the dependencies will be explicitly described at where it happens. Any comment?

Your proposed change seems too big to me, and I'm not sure how to do it, and the size of a module, etc.

--Max

> 
> -Felix
> On 2018/2/6 21:51, Weijun Wang wrote:
>> While I am not requesting for an automatic discovery of @module tags, I wonder if we can enhance jtreg from another angle to make test writing a little easier.
>> 
>> The "@modules java.security.jgss/sun.security.krb5.*" example is painful because these --add-exports are not required by the tests themselves. Instead, it's a library class (KDC.java in the same directory) they are using that is accessing these internal classes. This explains why the @module tags appear in multiple tests but you won't see any of these tests importing a class in those packages.
>> 
>> Think of this extreme example, suppose someone adds a reference to an internal class in ProcessTools.java, then suddenly all tests using it require a new @module tag.
>> 
>> So, is it possible to add the @module tags to that library class?
>> 
>> /*
>>  * @library
>>  * @module ....
>>  */
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Max
>> 
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