The resources are mainly images and XML files, located in separate
packages. By adding the opens clause it works fine for Class B (called
from module a) - however, it does not work for Class A (returns null). I
wonder if this is the intended behavior?
-Wolfgang
Looks like I'm having an encapsulation issue with resources. Class B
belongs to module b and extends Class A in module a. Class B provides
resources which should be loaded from base class A.
However, calling
getInstance().getClass().getResource(...)
from a static method in class A fails while calling from class B
works fine. Because getInstance() returns Class B I wonder why the
resource can't be loaded. Any recommendation on how to get this working?
The details are in the javadoc but in summary:
Code in `b` can locate any resource in `b`.
Code in `a` can any locate any ".class" resource in `b`. It can also
locate any resources in "non-package" locations such as META-INF/**.
Resources that are located in b's packages are encapsulated and so
`b` needs to `opens <package> to a` to allow code in module `a` to
locate the resources.
-Alan.
