[Penrose-discuss] Questions about creating a simple module

[Shi Jun Zhang]

On 9/10/2012 9:24 PM, Thomas Watson wrote:
>> Shi Jun Zhang <zhangshj at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote on 09/10/2012 02:35:51
> AM:
>> HI Tom,
>>
>> "jmod install" command can install a jmod file or a folder contains
>> compiled module class files. A regular jar file plus a module info file
>> cannot be installed directly.
>>
>> You can use the following step to install a "hello module"
>>
>> 1. extract you x.test.modl.jar to a folder. For example, named as
> "classes"
>> 2. move module-info.json to classes/META-INF/
>>
>> 3. jmod -L mlib install classes x.test.modl
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Shi Jun Zhang
>>
>>
> Thanks Shi Jun Zhang,
>
> Do you have instructions for creating a jmod file using a json module
> descriptor?  Is it just a matter of running the proper jpkg command against
> the directory "classes" that contains the META-INF/module-info.json file?
>
>    jpkg -m classes jmod x.teset.mod1
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom
Unfortunately it seems that the jpkg tool will need module-info.class to 
package the module. We need to do some code change to make jpkg support 
JSON format module info.

-- 
Regards,

Shi Jun Zhang