Re: Specifying module paths

2016-01-09 Thread Alan Bateman
On 07/01/2016 23:39, Jonathan Gibbons wrote: : This note suggests a similar-but-different approach. The proposal is that it should be possible to represent an entry on the module path as a text file in Java properties file format, such that it provides a mapping from a module name to a locati

Re: Specifying module paths

2016-01-09 Thread Jonathan Gibbons
On 01/09/2016 08:16 AM, Alan Bateman wrote: On 07/01/2016 23:39, Jonathan Gibbons wrote: : This note suggests a similar-but-different approach. The proposal is that it should be possible to represent an entry on the module path as a text file in Java properties file format, such that it prov

Re: Specifying module paths

2016-01-09 Thread Paul Benedict
What will the interaction be between a .properties and patching? It would make sense, I think, to allow a project to specify all the modules for compiling source, but then allow overrides for compiling/executing tests. If overrides aren't available, then overrides will have to be calculated manuall