On 08/12/2015 16:07, Stephane Epardaud wrote:
OK, so now I have Java 9 + Jigsaw load my module's main method, and in
there I need to call a class from another module by reflection. That
other module is in the module path, and I know its name and version. I
can't use the boot class loader because it's not on the class path (it's
on the module path).
Is there somewhere a module registry I can use to add a read to that
other module and load classes from it?
Do I have to use a Configuration/Layer to load it? I would think not
since it's in the module path already, but it could be that it's not
loaded by the JVM since it's not directly referenced by the main module.
Layer.boot().modules() will give you the set of jlr.Module objects for
the module in the boot layer but that is probably not what you want.
From your mail then it sounds like you've got a launcher module m1 and
wants to load launch an application in another module m2. You'll find a
jlr.Module for m1 and its transitive dependences in the boot layer but I
assume not m2 because nobody requires it, is that right?
You could use -addmods m2 for testing purposes to ensure that m2 is
resolved (in addition to m1).
But it does sounds like you need to create a Configuration to resolve me
and then create a module Layer. Creating a Configurations requires
specifying a ModuleFinder to find the modules. You probably don't want
to have m2 on the application module path, it will instead of on the
whatever module path option that your launcher takes.
-Alan.
