> On 8 Dec 2015, at 18:39, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Stephane Epardaud <s...@epardaud.fr> wrote: > >> Finally I was able to run my Ceylon modules in Java9!! >> > > Congrats Stephane! > > >> [1] ATM I can compile them with Java 9 but not as modules, I generate >> the module-info.class from the JBoss Modules descriptor. I can generate >> a module-info.java from it and then make javac compile them as modules, >> which I'll do in the future. >> > > I am happy to hear this too. I've been waiting for the first person to > generate the module-info.java from their own source/configuration. This is > what I suspect most build tools will be seeking to accomplish in the future > -- but I just wasn't expecting the future to arrive so fast!
I suspect a more common approach will be to generate module-info.class directly, skipping the Java source file, since module-info.class is extensible whereas module-info.java is not. Neil > > Cheers, > Paul
