Defining open modules and packages

[Nicolai Parlog]

 Hi!

If anybody else struggles with this, I created a GitHub repo[1]
exploring different ways to make reflection work and also wrote about it[2].

 so long ... Nicolai


[1] https://github.com/CodeFX-org/demo-jigsaw-reflection
[2]
https://www.sitepoint.com/reflection-vs-encapsulation-in-the-java-module-system/



On 06.12.2016 13:00, Christian Frommeyer wrote:
> Hi Claes,
> 
> That's it. I just didn't realize there where different ea builds. Works now for me.
> 
> Thanks for pointing me to the solution.
> 
> Regards Christian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claes Redestad [mailto:claes.redestad at oracle.com] 
> Sent: Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2016 12:41
> To: Christian Frommeyer <Christian.Frommeyer at citrix.com>; jigsaw-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: Defining open modules and packages
> 
> Hi Christian,
> 
> could it be that you've downloaded the regular EA build 146 rather than the jigsaw EA build 146[1]?
> 
> The changes enabling the new "open" keyword is set to appear in the regular EA builds starting from build 148 (from there on out I hope there'll be less difference between the regular EA builds and the jigsaw ones).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> /Claes
> 
> [1] https://jdk9.java.net/jigsaw/
> 
> On 2016-12-06 12:34, Christian Frommeyer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I heard a lot about jigsaw at Devoxx Belgium this year and got curious what is in the new module system for us. I downloaded ea build 146 and started to experiment. So far it was mostly straight forward. But now I'm struggeling to get open modules (and packages) to work. I tried the syntax described here:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/spec/lang-vm.html
>>
>> This is also what was presented in various talks at Devoxx. However when trying to compile the module-info file I get this error:
>>
>> Compiling... src/moduleopen/module-info.java:1: error: class, 
>> interface, or enum expected open module moduleopen { ^
>> 1 error
>>
>> Unfortunately I wasn't able to find any documentation on a change in syntax. I only found this:
>>
>> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/doc/lang-vm.html
>>
>> which seems to be a different version of the above. But I wasn't able to match what might be the right alternative for open here. Perhaps someone can clarify this and perhaps even help with some link to documentation on this.
>>
>> Regards
>> Christian Frommeyer
>>
> 

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